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yata001's avatar
yata001
Star
Dec 16, 2018

How to disable WiFi on the Orbi Router or Satellite

Enable on telnet on the router or satellite For the router, go to http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm For a statellite, log into the router, copy the IP address of the satellite, and go to http://<sat...
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icalks's avatar
icalks
Tutor
May 12, 2019
This is insane. Disabling the 2.4GHz or 5GHz channel should be as easy as going to wifi settings and doing so. Is anyone from Orbi/Netgear monitoring this thread? Please fix this interface shortcoming.
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 13, 2019

    You can't disable the WiFi SSID broadcast only. Disabling of either radio is not officially supported by any other means. This is not a bug. Orbi needs wifi running so the RBS and any connected devices have wifi signal. How it's designed. If you need to disable wifi radios on a schedule, find something else that supports this. 

    icalks wrote:
    This is insane. Disabling the 2.4GHz or 5GHz channel should be as easy as going to wifi settings and doing so. Is anyone from Orbi/Netgear monitoring this thread? Please fix this interface shortcoming.

     

    • rootard's avatar
      rootard
      Aspirant
      Jul 09, 2019

      Hello

       

      I want to switch off the router at night. As there's no such option in the interface I've made a series of attempts using ifconfig + crontab.

       

      I've listed all interfaces on my RBR20, there are plenty more including NetGear_Hidden: sync channels?

      wl2g_NORMAL_AP is ath0 and wl5g_NORMAL_AP is ath2

       

      root@RBR20:~/mnt/circle/localinit# iwconfig

      ath02 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"NETGEAR-Guest"
      Mode:Master Frequency:2.472 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

      ath12 IEEE 802.11ac ESSID:"NETGEAR-Guest"
      Mode:Master Frequency:5.54 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

      ath0 IEEE 802.11ng ESSID:"MYSSID"
      Mode:Master Frequency:2.472 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

      ath1 IEEE 802.11ac ESSID:"MYSSID"
      Mode:Master Frequency:5.54 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

      ath2 IEEE 802.11ac ESSID:"MYSSID"
      Mode:Master Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

      ath01 IEEE 802.11ng ESSID:"NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden76"
      Mode:Master Frequency:2.472 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

      ath11 IEEE 802.11ac ESSID:"NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden76"
      Mode:Master Frequency:5.54 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

      ath21 IEEE 802.11ac ESSID:"NETGEAR-Guest"
      Mode:Master Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

       

      When I switch off the satellite then ifconfig down as above I can still see my SSID and the attached devices keep on working !

      Worse, after a couple of seconds the APs move back from Not-Associated to their original ON state

      iwconfig ath2 power off does'nt work either...

       

      Netgear Please fix this !

      Model: RBR20|Orbi AC2200 Tri-band WiFi Router
      • CrimpOn's avatar
        CrimpOn
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jul 09, 2019
        rootard wrote:

        I want to switch off the router at night. As there's no such option in the interface I've made a series of attempts using ifconfig + crontab.

        Does "switch off the router" mean or "turn off the WiFi but leave wired devices working normally"?  Like any other electronic device, the Orbi router can be powered off a timer or even a switched electrical outlet.