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ORBI: Switch off WiFi on certain time slots
Hello all, Message to the Netgear ORBI firmware development team. I'm new ORBI (RBK50) user at home. The ORBI satellite is used to cover the bedroom area of my house, where I was previous...
fdrebbin wrote:I would like to switch off the WiFi from the Orbi satellite during night time... and keep the ethernet switch on...
Unfortunately, you are not offering such a feature, at least with firmware 2.7.2.104.
From what I have observed, Netgear does not monitor the community forums where customers discuss products with each other.
There is an "Idea Exchange" which appears to be where customers make suggestions:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
You are not the first to suggest this feature. My (personal) view is that it runs against the "Internet of Things" movement which depends on 24/7 access to WiFi to function and Netgear may assume that not enough customers would take advantage of such a feature to make the development cost worthwhile.
Also kind of hard to get RBS satellites back online as well as they depend on a contant wifi singal when they are wirelessly connected.