Stopping wi-fi overnight

wongataa

20aday wrote: »

I could've sworn at one time Sky had a feature to allow for restricted usage during certain times?

You can set the firewall in the Sky router to block/allow certain things at specified times. You can specify these rules to apply to certain IP addresses as well.

Money_Grabber13579

Why do you want to restrict the Wi-Fi?

Is it to stop people using it during the night or are you worried about the perceived health risks?

If the former, that should be easily enough sorted through website filtering but if you actually want the signal to turn off, that's probably more difficult.

[Deleted User]

Stop teens using it during the night. No idea how to do website filtering though

lee111s

Honestly, a decent wifi router will allow you to set up multiple SSID (wireless network names) which can be managed independantly so you can connect to one, unrestricted, whilst having a differently named one for the kids which you can restrict between certain times.

Robin9

Your teens will be tech savvy - it will take them less than a day to find a work around.

[Deleted User]

Thank you. Where can I go to get advice on which router? Some teens are less tech savvy than you think!

lee111s

My billion 8800NL has this function


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Mister_G

I'll re-iterate my earlier post and suggest that you make sure that you can get hold of your Sky login details before splashing out on a new router.

esuhl

Beremy wrote: »

It seems that sky doesn't have an option to turn off.

What?! Surely not! I've never seen a wireless router without the ability to turn off wifi. My Sky router has the option.

Beremy wrote: »

Have looked at the talk talk community and they seem to be saying that quality during the day will be downgraded if wi-fi turned off.

Nope -- disabling wifi over night, won't affect wireless speeds at any other time.

It should be as easy as ticking/unticking a box in the router settings.

Inner_Zone

Beremy wrote: »

Thank you. Where can I go to get advice on which router? Some teens are less tech savvy than you think!

But don't they have 3G / 4G capable mobile phones?