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ville's avatar
ville
Aspirant
May 07, 2017
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render wlan unusable

Hello,

 

I would like to remove the WLAN functionality of the router entirely and was wondering

how would I accomplish this. I was thinking about if desoldering some component

would do this. I have already cut the antenna connections on the PCB,

but it obviously leabe

 

I use the device in a small LAN to connect a couple devices via cable ethernet

and consider the wifi module a security issue.

 

Firmware V1.2.3.7

 

  • ville's avatar
    ville
    May 08, 2017

    Ok, thanks for the answers. I think the faraday cage solution sounds most promising at the moment

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  • just to finish the sentence, that cutting the antenna connections reduce the range,

    but it is still 'on'

      • ville's avatar
        ville
        Aspirant

        Yeah, thanks, but I am looking for a 'hardware' oriented way of disabling the wifi radio

        so that it can't be turned on in software anymore.