Guest Network Issue

I want to thank all of you for your help. I finally have installed my AE software and all of our computers are up and running, two macs and one pc upstairs. I'm delighted. I did put in a password, but what I'm not sure of is the Guest Network Settings. Should I have checked the Guest Network which I did and it says WPA 2 Personal. I entered a guest network password. Does this mean that no one can use this but those who are on the network which would be my husband and myself? I don't want anyone else to access the wifi. I did enter a regular password at the beginning for the settings and of course a name for the AE.
I'd appreciate an answer to this because I'm concerned about privacy.
Also, I wanted to mention that with AE the connection seems faster than just with the modem. I'm just so delighted!

Bob, I just turned it off. Will my husband still be able to access AE? he was able to. I am able to on this computer. I have the software set up on my Intel machine this one is older. I've just plugged this one into the AE with an ethernet cable. All seems to work well, but I still don't understand the Guest Network issue. All I care about is that we can get on. I don't want anyone else to be able to access the connection. So, I turned off "enable guest network." Did I do the right thing? Thanks again!

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