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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...
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Except that I forgot to mention that the backhault is connected by Ethernet LAN in my case and not wirelessly over 5GHz WiFi…
Best Regards
Except that I forgot to mention that the backhault is connected by Ethernet LAN in my case and not wirelessly over 5GHz WiFi…
Best Regards
Even when ethernet connected the wireless backhaul is running in case the ethernet conenction fails. It can't be turned off.
OK. There IS a solution to this, with a modest investment. (It will be a cold day in <that place> before Netgear implements this feature).
Purchase an inexpensive unmanaged gigabit ethernet switch and a smart plug.
Connect the switch to the etherent cable, the Orbi to the switch, and all devices that are currently connected to the Orbi LAN ports to the switch.
Plug the Orbi into the smart plug and define a schedule on the smart plug to turn off the Orbi whenever it needs to be off. I have tested this using TP-Link KASA smart plugs. Although the plug needs WiFi to be set up and to learn the time, as long as the plug has electrical power it will continue to operate as scheduled.
To get around the smart plug needing wifi, they may manual non wifi digital timer plugs that one can program and set then connect the device to be controlled to this timer. There fairly cheap too.
