{"id":167464,"date":"2025-02-19T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/kb\/unifi-wlan-netzwerk-setup\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:34:56","slug":"unifi-wlan-netzwerk-setup","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/unifi-wlan-netzwerk-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up new WLAN (SSID) for guest network on UniFi Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In many environments, it makes sense to offer a separate guest network. This allows visitors or external service providers to securely access the Internet without jeopardizing the internal company network. In this article, we will show you how to create a new SSID on a UniFi Controller and assign it to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/sophos-firewall-unifi-switch-vlan-configuration\/\">existing VLAN<\/a> (e.g. VLAN for guests).  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Topics<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#t\">Requirements<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#neue-ssid-fur-das-gastnetzwerk-anlegen\">Create a new SSID for the guest network<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#1-uni-fi-controller-offnen\">Open UniFi Controller<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-wlan-einstellungen-aufrufen\">Call up WLAN settings<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#3-neue-ssid-erstellen\">Create new SSID<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#4-vlan-zuweisen\">Assign VLAN<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#5-erweiterte-einstellungen-optional\">Advanced settings (optional)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#6-speichern-und-anwenden\">Save and apply<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#4-uberprufung-der-konfiguration\">Checking the configuration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"t\"><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UniFi Controller<\/strong> with access to the web interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Already configured VLAN<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/sophos-firewall-unifi-switch-vlan-configuration\/\">(Configure VLAN on Sophos Firewall and UniFi Switch<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VLAN ID<\/strong> and the associated firewall rules are set up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"neue-ssid-fur-das-gastnetzwerk-anlegen\">Create a new SSID for the guest network<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-uni-fi-controller-offnen\">Open UniFi Controller<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your UniFi Controller.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> in the menu on the left.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-wlan-einstellungen-aufrufen\">Call up WLAN settings<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select <strong>WiFi<\/strong> in the left-hand area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will see an overview of your existing WLAN networks (SSIDs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-neue-ssid-erstellen\">Create new SSID<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on <strong>Create New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assign a <strong>name<\/strong> for the network, e.g. <em>GUEST<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set a <strong>password<\/strong> that guests should use. Make sure it is sufficiently complex. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-cf627a7\" data-block-id=\"cf627a7\"><style>.stk-cf627a7 .stk-img-figcaption{text-align:center !important;color:#abb7c2 !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-167454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"898\" alt=\"UniFi WiFi settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-1024x359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-1536x539.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-2048x719.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-600x211.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-overview-64x22.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"has-text-color stk-img-figcaption\">UniFi WiFi Einstellungen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-vlan-zuweisen\">Assign VLAN<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the settings under <strong>Network<\/strong>, you can now define the previously created <strong>VLAN<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the previously created VLAN for the guest network (e.g. <em>WLAN Guest<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-fc51aa0\" data-block-id=\"fc51aa0\"><style>.stk-fc51aa0 .stk-img-figcaption{text-align:center !important;color:#abb7c2 !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-167459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"898\" alt=\"UniFi WiFi - Create SSID\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-1024x359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-1536x539.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-2048x719.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-600x211.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/unifi-wifi-settings-add-vlan-ssid-64x22.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"has-text-color stk-img-figcaption\">UniFi WiFi &#8211; SSID anlegen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-erweiterte-einstellungen-optional\">Advanced settings (optional)<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under <strong>Advanced<\/strong>, you can configure further options, e.g. <strong>Guest Portal<\/strong>, <strong>Hotspot 2.0<\/strong>, <strong>Captive Portal<\/strong> or <strong>Bandwidth Limits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If required, activate <strong>Guest Policies<\/strong> to further secure the network (e.g. isolate clients from each other).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-speichern-und-anwenden\">Save and apply<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally, click on <strong>Add WiFi Network<\/strong> to create the new SSID.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After a short time, the WLAN should be visible to guests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-uberprufung-der-konfiguration\">Checking the configuration<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Connection attempt<\/strong>: Connect to the new WLAN as a test and check whether you receive a correct IP address from the guest VLAN (if a DHCP Server has already been set up in the network).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Firewall rules<\/strong>: Check Sophos Firewall (or your gateway firewall) to see whether the appropriate rules apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Client isolation<\/strong>: Ensure that guests can only access the Internet and cannot reach any other VLANs or devices in the internal network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","kb_kategorie":[782],"class_list":["post-167464","kb","type-kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","kb_kategorie-unifi-en"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/167464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_kategorie?post=167464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}