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R6080 disable wifi on a schedule
Just installed R6080 AC1000. I cannot get the WIFI scheduler to work, there are a number of bugs: 1. When I set the time to 00:00 to 16:00, select it, and click apply it shuts off the wifi, but th...
My Spectrum service and modem are good for 300Mbs. Getting 89 with this router! Ugh!! I think I will solve my current problems by returning this hunk of junk. I think Netgear simply dusted off an old design with old chips to sell to the low end of the market, and possibly get rid of old chip inventory. It's also disappointing they ship what appears to be an unfinished/ un-debugged design!! I do have the spectrum router that works, so I'll go back to that for the time being, but they do not allow users to change settings or disable 5G wifi or anything like that, which was my reason for finding a router I can control.
Thanks for your help and suggestions! I'll mark this as solved!
Thanks for the reply! My firmware is V1.0.0.54. The router is connected to a Spectrum modem, model Hitron 2251. Yes, I'm trying to setup the schedule under "advanced wireless settings". Pic attached. If I select the schedule with the radio button and check "turn off wireless signal by schedule" it turns off the wifi. Also, when I try to edit or delete the schedule I cannot. The buttons do nothing. All of the other functions in other menus appear to work OK.
I'm using Firefox to access the router. I tried Bing, but Bing is so dysfunctional it won't let me type "192.186.1.1" as a URL. It just does a search with results telling me to type that number in the URL. SMH!
Also, thanks for the heads up of the wifi speeds. That will definitely be an issue for network operations.
Phil
dagnabitboy wrote:
My firmware is V1.0.0.54. The router is connected to a Spectrum modem, model Hitron 2251.
Simple modem and the newest firmware. So no issues on that front.
One thing you could try is to avoid 00:00 as the time. This can cause problems with "clocks" that are supposed to roll over midnight. Use 00:01 instead. Also, use 23:59 for any "off" switch.
Also, thanks for the heads up of the wifi speeds. That will definitely be an issue for network operations.
That warning wasn't about wifi speeds. The router's 100 Mbps speed limit is the wired speed. The LAN port in your modem will be 1000 Mbps. So even if it connects to your internet service at anything faster than 100 Mbps, which is pretty common for cable Internet, your router can't use that speed.
Thanks, I just realized that about the speed. I did a speed test... pretty bad!!
Phil
dagnabitboy wrote:
Thanks, I just realized that about the speed. I did a speed test... pretty bad!!
Phil
How fast is the internet service you pay for?
If this is a new router, you might benefit from buying something a bot more capable.
I am amazed that Netgear made something that slow in 2017. 1000 BASE-T has been the standard for a decade or more.
My Spectrum service and modem are good for 300Mbs. Getting 89 with this router! Ugh!! I think I will solve my current problems by returning this hunk of junk. I think Netgear simply dusted off an old design with old chips to sell to the low end of the market, and possibly get rid of old chip inventory. It's also disappointing they ship what appears to be an unfinished/ un-debugged design!! I do have the spectrum router that works, so I'll go back to that for the time being, but they do not allow users to change settings or disable 5G wifi or anything like that, which was my reason for finding a router I can control.
Thanks for your help and suggestions! I'll mark this as solved!