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Arcadyan - cannot disable SSID?
I'm new to T-mobile home internet and was looking through this forum and the user manual and would appreciate a confirmation that currently on the Arcadyan gateway there is no way to stop wi-fi SSID name broadcast and/or to disable some SSID (like the 2.4 GHz). I was really hoping to turn off wi-fi (or at least hide it so it's not on the list by default) and use a router only.
Gateway Firmware version 1.00.12
UI version v1.7.0
Is this really it, just a choice to combine/separate 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz networks?
Thank you :)
Verity wrote:
I'm new to T-mobile home internet and was looking through this forum and the user manual and would appreciate a confirmation that currently on the Arcadyan gateway there is no way to stop wi-fi SSID name broadcast and/or to disable some SSID (like the 2.4 GHz). I was really hoping to turn off wi-fi (or at least hide it so it's not on the list by default) and use a router only.
There appears to be a backdoor method for turning off SSID on the Arcadyan.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobileisp/comments/sx9k42/nater_tater_developed_a_way_to_turn_off_wifi_on
I wrote a simple Python script to automate the NaterTater method:
https://github.com/tnixon/kvd21-TMI-utilbobydkd wrote:
Yes, SSID can easily be turned off.
Ha, I wouldn’t call it easy if you don’t have a Nokia.
bobydkd wrote:
Yes, SSID can easily be turned off …
Maybe for the Nokia, but currently not so easily on the Arcadyan.
Yes, SSID can easily be turned off.
Thank you! I searched some more and just came up with the same :) It worked beautifully! All is now under control, what is broadcasting, what radios are enabled. Perfect.
Verity wrote:
I'm new to T-mobile home internet and was looking through this forum and the user manual and would appreciate a confirmation that currently on the Arcadyan gateway there is no way to stop wi-fi SSID name broadcast and/or to disable some SSID (like the 2.4 GHz). I was really hoping to turn off wi-fi (or at least hide it so it's not on the list by default) and use a router only.
There appears to be a backdoor method for turning off SSID on the Arcadyan.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobileisp/comments/sx9k42/nater_tater_developed_a_way_to_turn_off_wifi_on
