Do You Use Wi-Fi?

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When we got our internet connection 7 years ago we decided we didn't want to be irradiated by Wi-Fi so would connect to our BT (British Telecom) Home Hub 4 using ethernet cables and have the peripherals wired too

I assumed (foolishly) that when using ethernet the wi-fi would be inactive and we'd be safe. I now find that it was turned on by default when the hub (router) was first installed, and you have to go into the online hub settings if you want to turn it off

Other writers have said that you can it off and use ethernet, but when you read the guidance from BT they urge caution and say that switching off wi-fi will result in an orange light on your hub instead of blue. Which means (according to their own Home Hub guidance) we'll have NO INTERNET connection: steady orange light = no connection!

I don't know what to do now; how are these other people able to operate their computers with an ethernet cable and the router's wi-fi turned off? It's bad enough knowing that our neighbours' wi-fi is likely to be frying us alive anyway, but I've been sitting next to this thing all this time not realising that it was doing the same