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lulup
Tutor
Apr 13, 2018
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"Turn off wireless signal by schedule" does not turn wifi BACK ON

After enabling "Turn off wireless signal by schedule", WIFI does not turn wifi BACK ON at the scheduled time. My time zone is correct. I have tried this with both 2.4Hz and 5Hz. same behavior - wifi ...
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  • Blanca_O's avatar
    Blanca_O
    Jun 20, 2018

    Hi tooreck, 

     

    For R8000, firmware 1.0.4.18 is the latest version. Have you tried resetting the router? 

     

    Regards, 
    Blanca 
    Community Team

tooreck's avatar
tooreck
Guide
Jun 08, 2018

Have you tried reversing firmware to an older version? It really worked in my case and now the scheduling program is just humming and running smoothly.

lulup's avatar
lulup
Tutor
Jun 08, 2018

No, I haven't tried that. I'm not willing to sacrifice the protection against Krack etc that the new firmware version supplied. I'll just use my crude solution until Netgear fixes that feature. Thanks!