Can I turn off Wi-Fi broadcasting?

[MindfulGal]

Is there a way to turn my wi-fi off on the modem besides just unplugging everything. Thank you.

[AlexS]

http://192.168.2.1/

u may also try to push the power button and see if it will shut off or restart.

[MindfulGal]

Oh I wish it had something old-fashioned like an on-off button but it doesn't. It has a reboot button and menu buttons but nothing to just turn the modem or wi-fi off.

[BellPatricia · Accepted solution]

Hi @MindfulGal, thanks for your post and welcome to the Bell Community. Great suggestion @AlexS 🙂

When you log into your modem portal via 192.168.2.1 select Manage my Wi-Fi to turn Whole Home Wi-Fi ON & OFF.

You should then see the Advanced Wi-Fi Setting menu. From there you can turn off the Wi-Fi radios by using the ON/OFF slider.

[gmd]

Hi, I just got Bell FTTH this week. I simply cannot shut the 5.0 Ghz WiFi off! When I disable it, it comes back as a hidden network. Disabling does not mean to stop broadcasting the SSID, it means to shut if off.

I suspect that the 6.0 Ghz does the same.

The WiFi power slider seems to be broken, too. 10% is 1/10, a tenth of the strength. Not a few dB less than 100%.

[gmd]

Should I report my unit as having a bug?

[BellPatricia]

Hi there @gmd. Welcome to the Bell Community 🙂

Interesting scenario. Are you able to share a screen shot of what you see (ensure you remove any personal information)?

Look forward to hearing back from you.

- Patricia

[dks · Accepted solution]

I believe there are still hidden wifi channels which support Fibe TV and the pods which remain active. You can turn off some but not all wireless signals. It also depends on the modem. 

[gmd]

Hi Patricia, a simple wifi analyzer on Android shows the hidden signal (hidden as having no broadcasted SSID).

Also, after turning 5.0 Ghz and 6.0 Ghz off, if I go under "Advanced tools and settings" / "Diagnostics", I see that 6.0 Ghz is off, but not 5.0 Ghz.

[gmd]

If I go under Statistics/IGMP, I see that my FibeTV box is connected through RADIO5G although it is hardwired with Ethernet straight to the modem/router.