Do You Use Wi-Fi?

Eichhörnchen · 09-26-21, 10:02 AM

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

Catfish · 09-26-21, 10:12 AM

With online hub settings you meant the router/DSL router, and it should be perfectly possible to use internet via LAN cable when turning off WiFi/WLAN.
After all the router works like a switch, with (usually) at least four LAN sockets providing access to the internet.

You would have to consult the manual of that special router, but if there is no hint or no manual, just switch WiFi off, i bet your PCs or whatever connected via cable will still have internet access.

Not your mobile phone/tablet etc. of course, without WLAN/WiFi you will have to use the (expensive) online cell access with those devices.

Skybird · 09-26-21, 10:19 AM

The www connects to the router via cable anyway. World-cable - wall mount - cable - router.

The router connects to devices via cable or Wi-Fi. For exmaple my PC is on cable, my secondary Linux laptop is connected via Wi-Fi, because it is placed away. My smartphone and tablet when at home also connect via Wi-Fi, but could be connected via cable as well.

Wi-Fi switch switches on and off only the cable-free connection from router to device, not from web to router.

I can switch on and off WLAN on the router via a simple button. That does nothing to the conneciton with the www. I cna have even malfunctioning itnernet and route rgetting no signal form the www - while the WIFI still is active.

mapuc · 09-26-21, 10:37 AM

No Cable from computer to this device and from there it's fiber.

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My smart tv and my older laptop use WiFi
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Jimbuna · 09-26-21, 10:44 AM

I can't understand what it is you have against WiFi Glynn because it comes at no extra cost and you can password protect it to stop any nearby leechers.

I use it all over the house for quite a few applications.

Buddahaid · 09-26-21, 10:58 AM

Well I use it and am swimming in it at work. I don't see how you can avoid it anymore.

Aktungbby · 09-26-21, 11:08 AM

Even I, who am completely computer hardware illiterate, carry a rechargeable pocketsized jetpack for using my Samsung tablet in the car (nav-maps on patrol)when away from the manor's WIFI ie: my big easy chair in front of the tv; all ably managed by my Xfinity cable service and extremely computer literate spouse.

3catcircus · 09-26-21, 11:24 AM

The WiFi power level from your router is vastly lower than what you are already awash in from any television or radio broadcasts, mobiles, etc.

Unless you put your head right up against the router, you'll be fine.

Aktungbby · 09-26-21, 03:02 PM

Not at US consulate in Havana it's not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana...22%20or%20UHIs.

Quote:

A study of affected diplomats in Cuba published in the medical journal JAMA in 2019 found evidence that the diplomats experienced some form of brain injury, but did not determine the cause or specific character of the trauma. While there is no expert consensus on the syndrome's cause, a co-author of the JAMA study considered microwave weapons "a main suspect". A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine expert committee concluded in December 2020 that microwave energy (specifically, directed pulsed RF energy) "appears to be the most plausible mechanism in explaining these cases among those that the committee considered" but that "each possible cause remains speculative." In 2021, investigators were considering new evidence, including blood markers from patients, which had recently been collected and analyzed more systematically.

Rockstar · 09-26-21, 03:08 PM

It makes perfect sense to look at foreign powers possibly using U.S. embassy officials as Guinea pigs. But we should also consider what new high tech, high powered transmitters are in these buildings which might be causing personnel health issues. Which I’m sure our government has just like they did with agent orange.

Otto Harkaman · 09-26-21, 04:22 PM

You could buy a hat

https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Prot.../dp/B005I4D5GO

Buddahaid · 09-26-21, 05:46 PM

I didn't think he kept his brains in there...

tmccarthy · 09-27-21, 12:31 AM

There appears to be some minimum safe distance?

Jimbuna · 09-27-21, 09:15 AM

That router looks identical to mine.

Catfish · 09-27-21, 11:10 AM

The right side of the plant looks like all of mine.

09-26-21, 10:02 AM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Do You Use Wi-Fi? 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 __________________

09-26-21, 10:12 AM	#2
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,904 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	With online hub settings you meant the router/DSL router, and it should be perfectly possible to use internet via LAN cable when turning off WiFi/WLAN. After all the router works like a switch, with (usually) at least four LAN sockets providing access to the internet. You would have to consult the manual of that special router, but if there is no hint or no manual, just switch WiFi off, i bet your PCs or whatever connected via cable will still have internet access. Not your mobile phone/tablet etc. of course, without WLAN/WiFi you will have to use the (expensive) online cell access with those devices. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

09-26-21, 10:19 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,652 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The www connects to the router via cable anyway. World-cable - wall mount - cable - router. The router connects to devices via cable or Wi-Fi. For exmaple my PC is on cable, my secondary Linux laptop is connected via Wi-Fi, because it is placed away. My smartphone and tablet when at home also connect via Wi-Fi, but could be connected via cable as well. Wi-Fi switch switches on and off only the cable-free connection from router to device, not from web to router. I can switch on and off WLAN on the router via a simple button. That does nothing to the conneciton with the www. I cna have even malfunctioning itnernet and route rgetting no signal form the www - while the WIFI still is active. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-26-21, 10:37 AM	#4
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 18,111 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	No Cable from computer to this device and from there it's fiber. Edit My smart tv and my older laptop use WiFi End edit Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat Last edited by mapuc; 09-26-21 at 11:07 AM.

09-26-21, 10:44 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I can't understand what it is you have against WiFi Glynn because it comes at no extra cost and you can password protect it to stop any nearby leechers. I use it all over the house for quite a few applications. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

09-26-21, 10:58 AM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,574 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Well I use it and am swimming in it at work. I don't see how you can avoid it anymore. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

09-26-21, 11:08 AM	#7
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,970 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Even I, who am completely computer hardware illiterate, carry a rechargeable pocketsized jetpack for using my Samsung tablet in the car (nav-maps on patrol)when away from the manor's WIFI ie: my big easy chair in front of the tv; all ably managed by my Xfinity cable service and extremely computer literate spouse. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

09-26-21, 11:24 AM	#8
3catcircus Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 955 Downloads: 247 Uploads: 0	The WiFi power level from your router is vastly lower than what you are already awash in from any television or radio broadcasts, mobiles, etc. Unless you put your head right up against the router, you'll be fine.

09-26-21, 03:08 PM	#10
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,953 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	It makes perfect sense to look at foreign powers possibly using U.S. embassy officials as Guinea pigs. But we should also consider what new high tech, high powered transmitters are in these buildings which might be causing personnel health issues. Which I’m sure our government has just like they did with agent orange. __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

09-26-21, 04:22 PM	#11
Otto Harkaman Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Posts: 924 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	You could buy a hat https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Prot.../dp/B005I4D5GO __________________ "If you want to know the age of the Earth, look upon the sea in a storm." -Joseph Conrad USS Pompano (SS-181) https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-pompano-181.htm

09-26-21, 05:46 PM	#12
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,574 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	I didn't think he kept his brains in there... __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

09-27-21, 12:31 AM	#13
tmccarthy Admiral Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,302 Downloads: 270 Uploads: 16	There appears to be some minimum safe distance? __________________

09-27-21, 09:15 AM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That router looks identical to mine. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

09-27-21, 11:10 AM	#15
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,904 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The right side of the plant looks like all of mine. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.