How to setup secure WiFi in my Airbnb

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Hi all,

For Airbnb’s fast Internet is a must. I just got a new property that I’m fixing up and prepping as an Airbnb and I was able to get Blazing fast Fiber from AT&T. It came with AT&T’s default gateway/router. I have an August smart lock and will have a smart tv.

How do I secure the WiFi so that guests don’t get in my admin settings or do anything illegal that can get me in trouble?

Avery Carl · Answer

@Nancy Bachety I spent literally 3 hours on this at one of our places once. I found a random small hack like 3 pages down a message board and it actually worked. Text me and I’ll walk you through it!

Matt Borton · Answer

Airbnb website says create a guest network and lock it up.

https://www.airbnb.com/help/ar...

Nancy Bachety · Answer

@Avery Carl @Luke Carl Thanks. We left town and it seems we need to be present to fix it. Rain check! In the meantime, I’m including a code in the automated messages. Side note: we’re having the cabin and deck cleaned, repaired and stained right now. So far, it looks great. Forcing equity!

Luke Carl · Answer

@Nancy Bachety. Can fix the 5.0 2.4 smart lock connect issue with a hot spot on your phone

Luke Carl · Answer

@Nancy Bachety. Connect hot spot. Connect smart lock to hot spot. @Avery Carl knows more about this

Nancy Bachety · Answer

@Michael Baum Finally reached an ATT tech support. He told us it does, and we'd find it listed on a device. We left town so it'll have to wait and the automated messages won't be sent to the guests. The August tech, who does this all day long, didn't think of that. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't use August but their automation with ABB makes it simple, when it works.

Michael Baum · Answer

Hey @Matt Borton, I would change the admin PW/Name and call it good. Our router is out in the open, zero issues.

@Nancy Bachety, does the router not have the 2.4ghz radio? I would be very surprised if it doesn't. It just need to be turned on and configed for use with the August.

Nancy Bachety · Answer

@Matt Borton Congratulations on your new Airbnb. We just switched two days ago to AT&T ‘s high speed fiber internet. We have successfully used August Smart with our slow and expensive Hughes Net 2.4 g Internet. The problem we encountered was that August apparently cannot hook up to the more powerful 5g.We spent yesterday working with August support staff only to be told to call att and ask them to set us up on a 2.4 g network. Why? They can’t function on a 5 g network.  We replaced our two year old  smart TVs and installed newer larger smarter TVs. The internet is awesome now but we still haven’t fixed that August problem. We were able to name the network the name of our cabin and the password is not as clever as nancyisboss but it’s real easy anyway. The technician told me they’d go after the guest if anything illegal or funny was associated with our account, because we’d direct them to that guest be passed on time day stamps.

Paul Sandhu · Answer

The default admin username and password is probably printed on the back of your router. It's usually admin & password.  Log in, then switch the password to something of your liking.  I suggest "MattBortonIsKing".

Mike Shemp · Answer

Some routers have a Parental Controls feature or web site blocking feature that allows you to restrict access to various web sites using keywords.  If you have concerns of them doing anything illegal, you could always enable those features to help minimize the possibility.

Mike

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