https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903293#M34384 <P>hi, i'd welcome tips for turning off the wifi on the hub one.&nbsp;</P><P>i have the system in my home wired in for ethernet connection, as i am concerned about health effects of wifi,&nbsp; reference&nbsp;<A href="https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf</A></P><P>i occasionally wish to turn on the wifi, but default is off.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>the hub one was supplied to me by plusnet in 2022 when an older plusnet router stopped working.</P><P>following the instructions i switched off the wifi via the advanced settings/ wireless router page.&nbsp; this made a red light for the wireless broadcast symbol come on (and remain on) on the router.&nbsp; &nbsp;I assumed for some months therefore that wifi was turned off.</P><P>However, I was recently gifted a mobile phone, and while setting it up, the phone picked up a wifi network with the same name as the network ID on the back of my plusnet hub one router (the same router whose wifi is supposed to be off.)&nbsp; I entered the wireless password from the back of the hub one router into the mobile phone and it connected.&nbsp; There was no doubt that the router was broadcasting the wifi signal even when set not to do so, and with the red indicator light for wifi being off.<BR /><BR />Is there a work-around I need to know, is this a known problem with this router, a one-off faulty unit?&nbsp; I'm unsure what I need to do in order to achieve the goal of not having a source of wifi in my home.</P> Sat, 24 Dec 2022 23:18:08 GMT auroracurtain 2022-12-24T23:18:08Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903293#M34384 <P>hi, i'd welcome tips for turning off the wifi on the hub one.&nbsp;</P><P>i have the system in my home wired in for ethernet connection, as i am concerned about health effects of wifi,&nbsp; reference&nbsp;<A href="https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf</A></P><P>i occasionally wish to turn on the wifi, but default is off.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>the hub one was supplied to me by plusnet in 2022 when an older plusnet router stopped working.</P><P>following the instructions i switched off the wifi via the advanced settings/ wireless router page.&nbsp; this made a red light for the wireless broadcast symbol come on (and remain on) on the router.&nbsp; &nbsp;I assumed for some months therefore that wifi was turned off.</P><P>However, I was recently gifted a mobile phone, and while setting it up, the phone picked up a wifi network with the same name as the network ID on the back of my plusnet hub one router (the same router whose wifi is supposed to be off.)&nbsp; I entered the wireless password from the back of the hub one router into the mobile phone and it connected.&nbsp; There was no doubt that the router was broadcasting the wifi signal even when set not to do so, and with the red indicator light for wifi being off.<BR /><BR />Is there a work-around I need to know, is this a known problem with this router, a one-off faulty unit?&nbsp; I'm unsure what I need to do in order to achieve the goal of not having a source of wifi in my home.</P> Sat, 24 Dec 2022 23:18:08 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903293#M34384 auroracurtain 2022-12-24T23:18:08Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903298#M34385 <P>The Hub one has twp wifi bands , 2.4ghz &amp; 5ghz. Its possible you only disabled one and ghe otger is still enabled. There are two tabbs on tge wireless advnanced settings page , 2.4 &amp; 5 ghz , check the settings on both tabs</P> Sun, 25 Dec 2022 08:21:00 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903298#M34385 MisterW 2022-12-25T08:21:00Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903312#M34386 <P>Thank you.</P> Sun, 25 Dec 2022 21:30:31 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/turning-off-wifi-on-the-plusnet-hub-one/m-p/1903312#M34386 auroracurtain 2022-12-25T21:30:31Z