Routers and wifi swiches , providers

Tea_Fanatic

Ergates said:

Tea_Fanatic said:

DullGreyGuy said:

According to Vodaphone you can turn off the wifi on your router so if thats your only requirement then no need to switch. Like most modern systems, things are done through interfaces not physical switches. If you want a physical switch then you already seem to have identified an item that meets your need and so work case you set it up, connect it to your Vodaphone router and then go into the vodaphone routers control panel and turn off its wifi. 

Mesh is simply an alternative wifi technology that allows you to have multiple nodes around your property with seemless handover from one to another node as you walk around the property. It's irrelevant to your perceived issue. 

You can turn off broadcasting the SSID which means it won't show up in in the list of available networks meaning your "hackers" would need to guess both your chosen SSID and password

I ve got a TP Link AC750 modem router , this box has the physical switch but i could not get it too work contacted my provider but they would not help.  So here i am 

You've not responded to the multiple people suggesting you can almost certainly turn off the wifi on the router console.  Have you tried this?  If so, what did you find?  If not, what's stopping you?

When you say you could not get the TP Link device to work, can you describe the issue you were having?  Whilst ISPs are usually happy for you to use your own equipment, they're also not generally going to help you set it up.

If, for some reason, you need to have a physical switch, then another, potentially simpler solution - have 2 devices.  One is your modem (the one supplied by your ISP would be best for this) and is always on, but the wifi is disabled (via the software menu).  The second device is a your wireless router - connected by ethernet cable to the modem. Switch this one off as required.

Sorry  rushed last reply, i have liitle knowledge of all this tech and limited patience when it does not work. I would like to thank you for your patience, i gain some knowledge,  ie about hiding my wifi ssid with my providers help.  I would like to close this thread now as i am going to buy a new modem router and when i change my internet  provider i will use it as a bargaining chip to get sorted or i will go else where.

So thanks for now 🙄👍🏻👍🏻👍