ORBI Wifi needs to turn off with night schedule, use only wired connections.

Reason your R8000 router has a schedule to disable the wifi radios is that it's not a MESH router. One reason orbi doesn't have that feature is that the remote RBS units need to have a connection with the RBR all the time. Most wifi MESH systems are designed around this as most of the time wifi is always on all the time and the remote units need to have a signal to connect to or they would loose connection. The RBS would still be broadcasting a singal as well. Orbi and MESH systems are already complex in there design. Would be another level of complexity that some router mfrs don't want to deal with. 

So if power timers work, then go for it. You would need a timer on the RBR and any RBS as well. 

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wayg wrote:

I totally agree with the OP.  Irregardless of their design objectives, Netgear should design a feature to turn off ORBI radios on a user-determined schedule.  My X6 R8000 has this feature.

 

I purchased this to schedule when the ORBI is on: myTouchSmart Programmable Outdoor Plug-In Digital Timer, 2-Outlets, 26898 - Walmart.com - Walmart.com

 

The advantage for me in using the external timer is that it also controls my Line-of-Sight IP Antenna Radio so I can shut it all down when not in use at night.

 

The ORBI does have a good feature to decrease transmit power (Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings > Transmit Power Control).  I haven't put a meter on it to test it's actual (if any) power decrease.  I see no noticeable change in usability in my application at the 25% setting.

 

I'm sure by now you figured all this out but maybe it will help someone in the future as now the customer is the customer service department.

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