Wireless on, even if I switch it off

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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!

[Tmtmulisha]

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.

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I did click "save wireless", but thanks for the hint!

[Tmtmulisha]

No problem i just no its happened to me lol.

[Netduma Fraser]

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.

[TheVisualFeast]

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

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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.

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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!

[Netduma Fraser]

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.