A guest WiFi network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without using your primary wireless network’s password. You can add a guest WiFi network for the 2.4 GHz WiFi band and 5 GHz WiFi band.
When you set up guest WiFi, your router provides network separation between your guest network and your primary wireless network. Devices on the guest network cannot access devices on the primary network, and vice versa.
This article describes how to set up a guest network from the Nighthawk app. For information about setting up a guest network from the router web interface, see How do I set up guest WiFi on my NETGEAR Nighthawk router from the router web interface?
To set up guest WiFi using the Nighthawk app:
- Launch the Nighthawk app.
- Tap the Guest WiFi tile.
- Select a WiFi band (2.5GHz or 5GHz).
Guest WiFi settings display. - Tap the slider for Guest WiFi Enabled.
- Create a network name (SSID) and guest WiFi password.
- (Optional) Select Share WiFi with QR Code to share access to the guest WiFi network with a QR code.
- (Optional) Select the Time Period option to set a time window for the guest WiFi network to be active.
After the time window expires, the guest WiFi network is unavailable.
Last Updated:07/07/2025
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