@dwhiting56, 

Thanks for the input, we actually work very closely with our product team, and we are already having discussions about this feature.

Currently, the guest network for deco is automatically isolated from the rest of the network, at least according to our documentation.

I will forward the feedback that the toggles for SSID isolation should be given as an option for all broadcasted SSIDs(Guest, IoT, and Main), as I agree thatit would give everyone a lot more flexibility in their network. I have also added another request to add toggles for whether they can see devices on the same SSID.

The feature for multiple SSIDs is usually found in conventional router setups(think Archer) and is not often found in mesh setups due to the additional SSIDs needing to be broadcast across all nodes. I believe that there may also be a hardware limitation, as routers that offer this as a feature oftentimes have excess internal/external antennae that can be used to broadcast the extra bands. This is why the newest Wi-Fi 7 Archer has something like 12 antennas, as it can support a large number of extra SSIDs. If you 

What is the case for separating the devices from seeing each other oofc? I would think that this is something you would want to avoid, unless for a guest network?

  @vondie,

Make sure that you download the Config File from your router and use the certificate in your PCs OpenVPN application to create the connection to the VPN server. If you are have not changed any settings on the PC, then the PC is still trying to funnel its traffic through the regular network, rather than to the VPN server - but does not have the certificate giving the permission to do so.

  @vondie,

If I found the same guide as you, then that is specifically for our Archer Series of Routers, as they have had the ability to set this up for much longer. If I remember correctly from working with my QA team on this, the option to download configuration files for an established VPN can be found in a menu in the upper right three dots, when configuring your VPN - at least from the Deco app.

I would go through the recommended steps and connections offered by Nord, as OpenVPN connections require some sort of VPN application on your computer. They officially look like they recommend using tunnelback

  @dwhiting56,

I have actually just recently given this exact feedback to our teams. Mesh networks are more complicated to have multiple SSIDs because of all the nodes have to work together to create the mesh and manage the settings. I think that the multiple SSIDs may also be difficult because of the number of antennas that are in each node, as broadcasting an additional SSID could affect the performance of the other networks. 

We passed the isolation feedback to our team to consider, as the current method of being able to isolate devices individually, separate from a network setting, is unclear. However, having tested some of the newest communication protocols personally, such as Matter and Thread, I can see why they took this approach, as the line between IoT devices, controllers, and regular devices is becoming thinner and more reliant on local communication rather than cloud interactions.