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Can I switch off the wireless but keep wired connectivity?
Son has a habit of using the net after bedtime. I don't want to switch it off completely as I use it but wired into the back of the router.
Can the wireless be switched on and off easily?
Cheers,
Plant
Dont know the specifics of your router but typically yes. Normally if you browse to the router there should be an option in the settings.
There are other ways of stopping his nocturnal browsing however such as operating system settings or software tools that can restrict browsing after certain time.
I usually just use the low tech "turn that computer off" facility!
Surfer
There will be an option in the routers GUI from something like 192.168.1.1 to turn off the wireless.
[url= http://192.168.0.1/start.htm ]http://192.168.0.1/start.htm[/url] > Wireless > Disable
Yes you can, but you can also set access times on the router - essentially you tell it when it can access the web and can't.
A long work around would be to set a time when the ruter doesn't get access - that way your sone can't access it...as you know the password (and only you know the password!), you can then log in after that time and switch it back on...that way you don't need to worry about faffing about with switching Wireless on and off, etc. (although it isn't exactly a quick fix either)
iirc you can do what DickB says but allow 24hour access to the wired PC IP, I'd take a look now on mine to confirm but it's sleepy time.
NN folks.
I block mine from midnight to 6am [click 'Schedule' on the router index page]
I've not seen anyway to do as Drac suggests but it may be possible
You could always try some access software
http://access-boss.findmysoft.com/
I'm impressed many of you seem to know the ip address of plants router.
Pretty standard IP address for routers [Netgear in particular]
Well I wrote that in the wrong place thank god for edit.
Thank you guys - he's in for a shock!