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

[CBanse]

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 it off manually during the day, it will not turn on the next morning as programmed. My Netgear WNR1000 router never had a problem not following the programmed on-off times when I manually turned off the wi-fi.

Note that at the time I installed the AC1450 router, I also changed the modem from a SB-6121 to a SB-6141. However, I don't think that the modem change would affect the router. The current software version in the AC1450 is V1.0.0.36_10.0.17. According to Netgear Genie, "No new firmware version available".

I have two computers hard-wired to the router (a win8.1 laptop and a win 7 desktop). I tried programming on both using ethernet and wifi (on different days).  I also tried programming from my phone (Verizon Moto x w/Android 5.1).

[ElaineM · Accepted solution]

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. 

[CBanse]

Additional info.  My issue applies only to the 2.4GHz radio.  The 5 GHZ radio is turned off as I do not have any devices that operate on 5GHz.

[ElaineM]

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]

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

[CBanse]

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]

Let me check on other suggestions. 

I hope others can jump in and verify if it's the same case for them.

[ElaineM]

I suggest that you also register your device for us to log a case. 

[CBanse]

I bought this used (at Goodwill). The receipt does not identify the product. It is likely out of warranty.

[ElaineM · Accepted solution]

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. 

[CBanse]

Thanks for the research. I'll have to decide whether to keep the AC1450 (which otherwise works great) or stay with my SB 6141 (which is still working very well) which has programming that is not affected by manually turning the unit on and off.

[ElaineM]

You're welcome. 

Have a great day!