Physically shut the router off (use the off switch or unplug it) when you go to bed.
many people don't want it on at night.Stop using the wireless facility of the modem. I don't know why manuf's don't put a wifi switch on these devices. So settled for turning the entire modem off at night, though it WILL wear it out faster in my experience, it's the easiest solution. Virtually all modems have the ability to disable wifi in the GUI but that means having to connect Ethernet each morning to turn the wifi back on in the GUI again.which is a PITA. I could not find any other ADSL modems with a physical wifi on/off switch (did not look at FiOS DSL models since I don't have FiOS and don't need to spend $100+ for that type of modem). but apparently these models are no longer being made. I did see some netgear modems that have a physical on/off switch for the wifi radio itself (separate from the modem's on/off switch), which is ideal. No, the LEDs don't bother me, the wifi bothers my sleep patterns, keeping me in a less deep state where I have trouble falling asleep, and then wake constantly throughout the night.ĥ. on my own schedule which varies and has no set pattern.Ĥ. Can't use a schedule, as I need to manually turn on wifi when needed in A.M. But more to the point for my purposes, it doesn't stop the wifi transmissions anyway.Ģ.
Yes, disconnecting the antennas will fry the transmission chip, according to several articles.
Netgear made some models with this feature but they have apparently dropped it in newer models. I can't believe companies don't put a button on modems to turn on/off wifi. (Actiontec 300N GT748WN-01) TIAĮDIT: After writing this I have done more research and looks like there is no way to do it but turn the modem off, or disable wifi which means fiddling with ethernet every morning to enable it again. Maybe there is something I can wrap the antennas with to severely hamper range? I know I can't unscrew them or it will fry the transmission chip. It sits 5' from my bed and can't be moved, and while not harmful, I don't sleep as deeply with it on, so just want to block broadcasting without turning it off. When I was leaving my modem on 24/7 the one I had lasted 11yrs. Would just turn whole modem off at night, but been doing that last 3 yrs and the modems don't last nearly as long. Suggestions as to the easiest way to disable the modem's wifi at night without turning the modem off? If I use the modem's config to disable wifi, I'd need to connect with Ethernet each morning to turn it back on.
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