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Why on an RBR350 can I not disable WIFI?
I've just setup my ISP provided Netgear RBR350 Internet router. It gives me no option to turn off the router's WIFI, because I already have my own WIFI APs. Why provide advanced features like WIFI ...
Yes the ISP is the issue here, providing a router that has limited functionality.
I will not be turning off my own APs to use the WIFI on the RBR350, because my APs are already meshed and working outdoors as well as indoors.
I only asked as I have never come across a home router that did not provide the ability to disable the WIFI.
Ah well, thanks for the conversation.
NotAN3tG3arFan wrote:
I've just setup my ISP provided Netgear RBR350 Internet router..
This is an issue for the ISP. It is indeed common for ISPs to provide WiFi routers to customers because these days every customer wants WiFi. Many ISPs supply devices which can disable WiFi so that customers can use their own systems and some provide the ability to place their device in "bridge" or "pass through" mode so that customers can use their own router.
Most ISPs have options for which equipment to provide to the customer.
CrimpOn wrote:
NotAN3tG3arFan wrote:
I've just setup my ISP provided Netgear RBR350 Internet router..
This is an issue for the ISP. It is indeed common for ISPs to provide WiFi routers to customers because these days every customer wants WiFi. Many ISPs supply devices which can disable WiFi so that customers can use their own systems and some provide the ability to place their device in "bridge" or "pass through" mode so that customers can use their own router.
Good point. In this case, it might be easier for NotAN3tG3arFan to look for ways of turning off the WiFi from their modem/router.
I chip in because that is what I had to do with the modem/router from my ISP. That comes nowhere near the capability of my Netgear MK93 Mesh system. But the modem/router does not have a simple bridge or passthrough option.
Instead I had a simple alternative. Look at the settings of the modem/router. Find where it has settings for its "DMZ". (In my case it was Firewall setting.) Check the IP address in the modem/router for my MK90 and use that as the DMZ address.
This means that I can turn off the WiFi from the modem./router and use the Netgear device as my main router and WiFi source.
So, turn the question on its head. Don't ask about the Orbi's WiFi, ask about the ISP's router and its WiFi.
The ISP provided router is the Orbi 350. After seeing so many ISPs team up with eero (Amazon), I was surprised to see an ISP providing Netgear.
