I have a client using a Google WIFi Mesh network covering a building with a restaurant and private rental rooms. They are adding TV’s (with Apple TVs) in several places that will sometimes run digital-signage content, sometimes streaming (Netflix, YouTube TV) and in some circumstances guests or customers will be allowed the Cast or Airplay from their device on to one of the Apple TVs. I am trying to decide whether to 1) place the TV/ATVs into the guest network SSID, 2) into their main business network SSiD, -OR- 3) I read somewhere about a Google WiFi Router feature that allows selected main SSID devices to be set as also visible in the guest SSID as well.
My problems are: 1) it’s a client :-), 2) I don’t have access to a Google WiFi mesh to try things out, and 3) I’m not sure about a lot of these things. For example, in the world of WIFi, isn’t it normally true that a user on a “guest” network can only really see/connect their device to the router/pub-Internet and not other devices in the guest network subnet? If so, would they even be able then to ”see” the ATVs that I might set up as visible in both networks? … or would it allow them to see and Airplay to the ATVs as well as accessing the Internet?
I don’t like the idea of putting all the ATVs into the guest network SSID, or all in the main network SSID, but … The only option I know would work is putting them all in the guest network and then securing things by depending on enabling/disabling Airplay or strict password or PIN number on each ATV to access them.
Any thoughts/knowledge welcome.
