Block computers from seeing each other on a wireless network
It's called "wireless isolation", "AP isolation, "client isolation", "Publicly Secure Packet Forwarding" or "Wireless Client Security Separator" and I reckon and hope that it is implemented in most public and semi public Wi-Fi networks.
Earlier this week as part of a python programming course, I demoed service discovery applications for both Daap and Dlna servers. I wondered if I'd pick up any such devices from the massive guest Wi-Fi network I was on. I picked up none and realized that this was probably because the network did not allow devices to communicate between themselves, only out through the gateway to the Internet. That is good.
But what is that feature called? It seems to have different names and no agreed-upon standard terminology, but one term used is "wireless isolation", another is "Wireless Client Security Separator". I suppose that is a really good feature to have switched on, on a public or semi public network. On Netgear devices it's called "Wireless Client Security Separator".
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