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Aspirant

Oct 06, 2017

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Manually turning off wi-fi messes up turning on wireless signal by schedule.

I programmed my AC1450 to shut off wi-fi at 11pm and turn on at 6 am daily. It works as programmed...as long as I do not manually press the wi-fi on-off button on the side of the unit. If I do turn i...

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ElaineM
Oct 26, 2017
Per router specs according to our engineers, pushing the WiFi button takes precedence.

So, the scheduling is ignored once you push the on/off WiFi button.

ElaineM

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Oct 09, 2017

Welcome to the community, CBanse

Will you experience the problem if you downgrade the firmware version of the router?

Try to downgrade the firmware to 1.0.0.34.

CBanse

Aspirant

Oct 10, 2017

I will try that and report back in a few days. Thanks for your response.

CBanse
Aspirant
Oct 12, 2017
I changed the software version to 1.0.0.34_10.0.16. Tested it for two nights. Manually turning off the router's wi-fi before scheduled shutdown continues to result in wi-fi not turning on as per the schedule. Any other suggestions?
- ElaineM
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Oct 16, 2017
  Let me check on other suggestions.
  
  I hope others can jump in and verify if it's the same case for them.
- ElaineM
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Oct 19, 2017
  I suggest that you also register your device for us to log a case.
  - CBanse
    Aspirant
    Oct 22, 2017
    I bought this used (at Goodwill). The receipt does not identify the product. It is likely out of warranty.