Guest network on Unifi, Sonicwall and Dell 6224

Basic concepts of VLANs. You will need to trunk your interface on the dell switch > sonicwall and add VLAN 44 to this trunk. You will need to trunk your interface to the AP and add the same configuration to this port to the AP. From there, you can configure your guest wireless lan with the correct vlan.

Good Day,
Currently Sonicwall is Configured with
X1 =WAN Inferface
X0 = LAN interface 192.168.0.0 (no vlans)
I add X0:44 = LAN 10.100.100.0 (VLAN 44) to use for Guest Network
I enabled Sonicwall DHCP for VLAN:44
I cannot figure out whats the best way to make dell switch (Dell 6224) pass the vlan 44 and tag it for the guest network. Or what I am doing is totally wrong here.
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http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/video/at_home/Cable_Modems/3900_Series/ OL-30824-01.pdf
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Ironically, we have seen a few posts from users who claim to be able to get the guest network to work with the type of "modem" that you have, but to do so will result in what is known as a Double NAT error on the network......basically two devices both trying to act as the router for the network.
That can result in IP address conflicts and other issues created by the Double NAT such as slow browsing, no browsing, poor communications between devices on the network\, and other unpredictable things.
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I have the current gen Airport Extreme 802.11AC with a 5th Gen extending the network. With this setup, I am unable to login using our guest network setup. I have tried using guest network with a password and one without but its the same results. When a guest logins, it stuck attempting to login with no error messages.
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Please review what I said originally.......that the guest network function on the AirPort Extreme is designed to work with a simple modem......so the AirPort acts as the main router for the network..
Another way of saying the same thing is that the AirPort needs to be "in charge" of your network for the guest feature to work correctly. The AirPort cannot be in charge if it is connected to another device that is already configured to be the main router on your network.....your Actiontec modem/router.
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Some folks call a modem/router or a gateway......a modem. So, things can get confusing.
I do not know if it is possible for the Actiontec device that you have to be configured to act as a simple modem.....so the routing functions of the device are completely turned off. (Turning off the wireless on the Actiotec does not turn off the routing function).
If you turn off the wireless on the Actionec, it becomes a modem and a wired router. And that wired router is still in charge of your network.
The guest network feature will not work correctly unless the AirPort is in charge of your network.
My suggestion was for you to ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP), if they could supply you with a simple modem. That is all that you need. You don't need two routers....and the Actiontec that you have now is not allowing the guest feature to work correctly.

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I've installed a new 5th Generation Airport Extreme and turned on the Guest Network option.
After trying to get my network printer working when logged into the Guest Network, I came to this Support Forum to figure out what I was doing wrong.   Thanks to the expertise of a number of forum members, especially Bob Timmons, I learned that network printing from the Guest Network is not supported via the Airport Express and Airport Utility.
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Thanks Bob,
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I did buy a wireless HP printer with wireless interface.    I've attached it to the 5th Generation Airport Extreme Guest Network SSID, but cannot get a computer also connected to the Guest Network SSID to print or even see the HP printer. This includes a Mac with OSX Lion, New iPad, iPhone 4s, and company Dell running Windows 7.    I've even tried to add the the printer via IP address manually both to the Mac and the Dell to no avail; even with the specific IP address the error msg says the printer isn't detected on the network.
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I suspect there's some very key fact I'm not aware of, and hoping that you know exactly why this is not working.
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I would now like to create a guest network on the Airport Extreme, while this Extreme keeps on connecting to the private network of the TC and keeps on broadcasting it to the Express. Is this possible?
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I have the Time Capsule installed as the only router. The Network settings, Router Mode is: DHCP and NAT. I am unable to find any tab or button for "Advanced" that will allow me to set up a guest network. I am pretty sure that cable modem does not function as a router because when I changed the Time Capsule to Bridge I was unable to make any wireless connections.
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We will assume that your Time Capsule is not one of the 1st Generation models, which did not have Guest Network capability.
But, if your Time Capsule is a few years old, or you purchased it from another user....you may have a single band version of the product....which cannot offer the Guest Network option.
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HT3477 Why would a Guest network need an Access Control List?

I have an Airport Extreme running software 7.6.4 and I have figured out today, to my dismay, that because I have an Access Control List active on my main network (with MAC addresses of my devices), the Guest Network feature, as implemented, becomes simply useless.
Essentially any friend coming at my place, to whom I want to share my internet connection for a while (say, a couple of hours) with an easy password, either provides me with the MAC address of his device, or has no access at all. And if he has to give me the MAC, then I could just simply add him to the main network in the first place and, BTW, I need to give him also the (complicated) password of my main network.
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Sorry, but I do not understand how you have constructed your Timed Access control list.
Normally, you would use the default settings and leave the "main" (and "guest") networks set for Unlimited Access.....and then only list the devices that you want to limit separately, establishing "rules" and timeframes for each device that you want to control.
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Please download and install AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion , which provides much more functionality than AirPort Utility 6.0.
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I have set an Airport Guest Network configuration for our place - we own a holiday site coop. So we have the Main network which is dedicated for our office and a Guest network dedicated for our clients. First it was ok to configure it with the Airport Utility but then we had some problems with clients making huge downloads and finally taking all availlable bandwidth.
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I am trying to control my main wireless network with access control via mac id with no password.
Definitely not a recommended method for security. MAC addresses are easily cloned by anyone who wants to do so with free tools available on the Internet. An unwanted guest will be on your network in less than a minute if they want to be.
Strongly recommend that you use WPA2 Personal security with a non-dictionary password to protect your network.
I wanted a separate guest network with password access and no access control. However, the only way that the guest network works is if I specify unlimited access as the default. Is what I am trying to do possible.
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