Router with wifi On/Off switch.

[paul878]

I am looking for a router with a hardware wifi On/Off Switch.
The only one that I could find with that feature is Netgear.
From the reviews on Amazon Netgear seems to have a lot of problems, can someone recommend one.

 

[jlazzaro]

if it's properly secured, why turn it off?

 

[MtnMan]

Many offer settings that allow you to schedule when the wireless is on/off

 

[Gryz]

The Fritzboxes have a button on top of the router to switch on/off your wifi. You can also switch on/off via the router web-interface. Fritzboxes are made by a german company called AVM. I'm not sure they are for sale in the US.

Many people love the Fritzboxes, because of the wide range of features in software. I myself am less happy with it, because the adsl-chip seems to be less robust than that in other routers. E.g. with my Fritzbox 7340 I saw a lot of adsl-resets when my line was a bit flakey, while my old router (Speedtouch 780) was running fine without resyncs at all. When your line is stable, then it shouldn't matter.

http://www.avm.de/en/Produkte/FRITZBox/index.html

 

[Cooky]

The 7390 looks like a stealth fighter jet that can take off any minute.

 

[Modelworks]

It is fairly easy to add your own if you are good with a soldering iron. Find the power lead to the wifi radio, usually passes through an inductor and will be either 3.3V or 1.8V if you are using a meter to find it. unsolder one end of the inductor, pass it through a toggle switch of your choice, size doesn't matter the current is so low, and then from the switch back to the wifi radio.