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Re: Turn off WiFi on T-Mobile Home Gateway
OMG - OK so that's pretty pathetic.. I just received my grey GW today and set it up. After a few failed connection attempts through the app, turns out that the app needed an update. I am very close to the T-Mob tower -like ½mile. My connection is excellent with 5 full bars and great 5G speed on my phone. So far, I am hitting 340Mbits down and 42Mbits up w ~20ms (or less) ping times. Ethernet connection to GW shows gbit up/down but no noticeable difference in internet speeds or ping. (in a handful of first pass tests). WiFi coverage from this box doesn't seem very good. From my office on the same floor and 100ft away, it drops significantly. I have an Asus ROGGT-AXE11000 router so it makes absolutely no sense to use the T-Mo GW as my wi-fi router. So I ask WTH?!?! Why not provide an advanced tab on the T-Mo router to allow some advanced settings -or even- frankly a "hidden" unpublished page that would allow an advanced user -or even a basic user with a mesh wi-fi system to go in and configure additional options such as disabling wifi altogether?? Hmm…Quite a fail in my opinion - I am sure this was done primarily to reduce support calls -but to be honest -this will have the opposite effect as to increasing calls by frustrated users who are coming off other providers -especially those with owned cable modems who have their own wifi routers. If it was a hidden page -this would address the concern about a novice messing up settings while at the same time allowing a more advanced user to configure the things they need (like disabling wifi, setting static IP, changing DHCP scopes, etc..) Sheesh.. Come-on T-mobile -At minimum -let us disable wifi! Please… So, I will spend the next few days playing around with things but hoping to minimize wifi interference between the Tmo GW and my personal router. If anyone has a simple known "secret menu", "hack" or other means to disable wi-fi please share it.45Visto4likes0Comentarios