Wireless router (or AP) with hardware on/off switch for WLAN

I'm looking for a wireless router (G or better N) with at least 4
ethernet port with the on/off hardware switch for the WLAN. So I need
the router always on but with the possibility to switch on or off the
WLAN.

Do you know witch one can fit these needs?

thank you!
carlo

Carlo Vellano wrote:
> I'm looking for a wireless router (G or better N) with at least 4
> ethernet port with the on/off hardware switch for the WLAN. So I need
> the router always on but with the possibility to switch on or off the
> WLAN.
>
> Do you know witch one can fit these needs?
>
> thank you!
> carlo
>

If you don't want to simply turn it off and on from your browser (with the
requisite menu-crawl), you might try slipping a couple of large tin cans
over the antennae; as long as the "tin" cans are conductive (i.e., not
plastic) and larger than the antennae, they will attenuate the radiated
signal by a bunch.
--
Cheers, Bob

On Mar 7, 10:58 am, "Carlo Vellano" <carlo.vell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a wireless router (G or better N) with at least 4
> ethernet port with the on/off hardware switch for the WLAN. So I need
> the router always on but with the possibility to switch on or off the
> WLAN.
>
> Do you know witch one can fit these needs?
>
> thank you!
> carlo

Hi Carlo,

My Toshiba Laptop have a physical WLAN ON/OFF switch in the front, but
with wireless routers I haven't seen such a product yet. You can still
use two separate units, I mean a router and wireless access point with
an Ethernet cable between them.

Panda,
www.networkingland.com/wifi_special.htm

On 7 Mar 2007 00:58:51 -0800, "Carlo Vellano" <carlo.vellano@gmail.com>
wrote in <1173257931.174382.313010@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups .com>:

>I'm looking for a wireless router (G or better N) with at least 4
>ethernet port with the on/off hardware switch for the WLAN. So I need
>the router always on but with the possibility to switch on or off the
>WLAN.

There is no actual n yet, only "draft n", with no guarantee of an
upgrade to final n -- so I suggest saving money by going with good g
instead.

That said, I personally don't know of any wireless router with a
hardware switch that will turn the radio on and off -- they rely on web
browser or other network interface.

Why do you want a hardware radio switch? If security is your concern,
WPA with a strong passphrase will ensure that. (If you're really
paranoid, go for WPA2.)

Otherwise, as has already been suggested, you could use a wired router,
with a separate wireless access point (or wireless router configured as
an access point) that you could turn on and off at will.

--
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