Create a separate wireless network for your guests while keeping your main home network isolated.
Guest Wi-Fi provides a separate wireless network for visitors without giving them access to devices on your main home network.
Guests can connect to a dedicated Wi-Fi network instead of using your main Wi-Fi network.
Guest devices are isolated from your main network and cannot access devices on your home network.
Guest Wi-Fi can automatically turn off after a selected period of time.
Guest Wi-Fi is available when the router is operating in Router Mode.
Guest Wi-Fi can be configured through Router Web.
Connect your device to your Mercku router and open the Router Web management interface.
Go to:
Settings → Guest Wi-Fi
Turn on the Guest Wi-Fi switch to begin configuring the guest network.
Configure the guest network name, security settings and how long the network should remain available.
Select how long Guest Wi-Fi should remain active.
Available options are:
Always On
1 Day
8 Hours
3 Hours
When the selected time expires, Guest Wi-Fi automatically turns off.
Enter the Guest Wi-Fi network name (SSID).
The default network name is:
Mercku Guest
The SSID can contain up to 20 bytes and cannot contain commas or spaces.
Choose one of the following security options:
Open Network
WPA2
WPA3
Some older devices may not support WPA3 and may be unable to find or connect to a WPA3 Guest Wi-Fi network.
If you select WPA2 or WPA3, enter a Guest Wi-Fi password.
The password must contain 8–24 characters and cannot contain commas or spaces.
A password is not required when Open Network is selected.
When Smart Connect is enabled, the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz guest networks use the same Wi-Fi name.
When Smart Connect is disabled, the 5 GHz network name automatically uses the _5G suffix.
Click Save to apply the Guest Wi-Fi settings.
The router applies the new wireless configuration and the Guest Wi-Fi network becomes available.
The following options can be configured for your Guest Wi-Fi network.
Keep Guest Wi-Fi always available or automatically disable it after 1 day, 8 hours or 3 hours.
Customize the Guest Wi-Fi SSID. The default name is Mercku Guest.
Choose Open Network, WPA2 or WPA3 for Guest Wi-Fi security.
WPA2 and WPA3 networks require an 8–24 character password.
Use one network name for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, or separate them.
Guest devices cannot access devices on your main home network.
When Guest Wi-Fi is enabled, the page displays the active network name, remaining time and the number of connected devices.
If Always On is selected, the remaining time is shown as always active.
No. Guest Wi-Fi is isolated from the main network, so guest devices cannot access devices on your home network.
Yes. You can select 1 Day, 8 Hours or 3 Hours. Guest Wi-Fi automatically turns off when the selected time expires.
Yes. Select Always On as the usage duration.
If Guest Wi-Fi is using WPA3, the device may not support this security type. Try using WPA2 if compatibility is required.
Check whether Smart Connect is enabled. When Smart Connect is enabled, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz use the same network name.
When Smart Connect is disabled, the 5 GHz network name uses the _5G suffix.
Check whether the selected usage duration has expired. Guest Wi-Fi automatically turns off when its timer reaches zero.
Make sure Guest Wi-Fi is enabled, confirm that the usage timer has not expired, and check that the main router itself has an active Internet connection.
If WPA3 is enabled, also confirm that the guest device supports WPA3.