💩💩💩 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I can turn off WiFi , right?  When I toggle the Switch " Enable 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi " I assume this turns WiFi off? Or did I just turn off dualband with that? In short: Can I turn Wifi off, if so, how? I don't need it, so i want to turn it off  Thank you in advance for your assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmtmulisha Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I don't want to make you sound stupid but i have done this then been like wtf happened didn't work. But after clicking on the enable tab did you click save wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
💩💩💩 Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 I did click "save wireless", but thanks for the hint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmtmulisha Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 No problem i just no its happened to me lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 29, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 29, 2020 Hey, welcome to the forum! Yes you can turn it off. What device/web browser are you using to try and disable it? It might be that that is preventing it from applying correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVisualFeast Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I noticed this during some WiFi testing. After turning it off (Chrome), the SSID would still broadcast but not serve DHCP requests. In order to turn it off I had to restart the router after disabling the WiFi in the GUI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
💩💩💩 Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 I use Firefox 81 (the latest & greatest).  @TheVisualFeast: That is exactly why I'm asking. I still see the SSID getting broadcasted. I used my phone to check. And to verify that it's not cached, I moved closer to the router, and sure enough, the reception-bars increased. That's why I'm 100% positive, that even though I turned WiFi off in the settings, it's not actually off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
💩💩💩 Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Solution A reboot of the router fixed it. The WiFi now seems to be completely off, at least the SSID is not broadcasting anymore.  Thank you again @TheVisualFeast - You nailed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 29, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 29, 2020 Well done both for figuring it out. We're doing a lot of work on WiFi at the moment so in the next version that should work correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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