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WNDR3700 changing from wireless to wired (radio off)
Need to know how to switch back and forth from wireless to wired and back using a wired only PC running Win 7.
I want to be able to turn the wireless radio completely on and off whenever I wish to. I normally run wired but sometimes I need the wireless radio temporalily on to use a Firestick device.
there's a hardwired wifi on/off button on it.
Thanks. I tried the wifi button but it doesn't toggle the wifi light on and off. It's never lit. There's another button next to it that is solid green (wps?). The Firestick is still receiving wifi even though the wifi button light is off. Perhaps the wifi button or light is flakey.
I expect a wifi on/off button to work as advertized.
Trying to connect to the router via my Firefox browser doesn't work. It worked for 10 years on my Netgear RP-614 that I had prior to this WNDR3700. Isn't Netgear a quality brand?
did you push and hold it for 2 seconds?
Holding the wifi button 2 seconds appears to toggle it on and off (I looked for wifi signals using my phone). There is no on/off led light directly beneath the wifi button. Very misleading! It causes the WPS light to go on and off. I don't know much about WPS and whether I even need it. The only wifi devices that I use are the Firestick and to sometimes get data for my phone. Will the wifi toggle on and off if I'm not using WPS?
Thanks
- MIght also be worth keeping in mind that the wndr3700 was released in 2009. so it is a 12 year old device