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Switching off internet at night

Rachel01284 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:54:00 GMT

Is it possible to turn off the internet at night? I don't mean just by disconnecting the power to the router.

Thanks

Re: Switching off internet at night

Chrisee — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:03:05 GMT

@Rachel01284 simple answer is no and consider why that is so. Overnight devices and systems run updates etc which if switched off would run when you need to use the system. The amount of power saved is tiny and despite some conspiracy theories there is no risk from wifi signals.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Rachel01284 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:17:55 GMT

Thanks @Chrisee It was to stop my son from accessing the internet.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Chrisee — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:35:24 GMT

@Rachel01284 there are several ways of doing that but first question is you son tech savy? The reason I ask it is pointless putting in something that he can get round in 5 minutes.

First and best way is to get Sky's Broadband Buddy which comes as part of a £5/mth Broadband Boost bundle. It not only can control his devices on your network it can control his phone as well and is pretty hard to break see Sky Broadband Buddy | Sky Help | Sky.com

You can also set up a block on the hub but it easier to get round for someone who is determined in practice a time switch would be easier and more secure.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Rachel01284 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:01:08 GMT

Thanks again @Chrisee He's very tech-savy! I have downloaded Broadband Buddy, but for some reason it does not let me remotely 'pause' the wifi which I thought it would with one easy click on my phone.

I do take all his devices away well before bedtime, but occasionally he does find one and that's where I want to be one step ahead!

Re: Switching off internet at night

Chrisee — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:02:38 GMT

@Rachel01284 the buddy will only work if you buybthe bundle I mentioned Sky Broadband Boost | Sky Help | Sky.com

Re: Switching off internet at night

Rachel01284 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:19:38 GMT

Hi @Chrisee I do subscribe to this, so it should work. I'll read up about it again, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

In the meantime, many thanks for your help.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Boyega — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:00:09 GMT

Hi,

I have similar issues and wondered if you could help with 'how do I set this up block on the hub'?

Re: Switching off internet at night

leetilbury24 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:52:48 GMT

I just login to my router and change the password by 1 character and then login and remove it in the morning.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Vic+99 — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:58:41 GMT

How do you log into your router? Thanks

Re: Switching off internet at night

Mark39 — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:20:10 GMT

@Vic+99 wrote:

How do you log into your router? Thanks

From Sky's tips:

Make sure you're connected to your home broadband network
Open your browser and type 192.168.0.1 into your address bar.
When prompted enter the;
- username: admin
- password: sky or, your WIFI password (case sensitive)

Re: Switching off internet at night

leetilbury24 — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:57:17 GMT

It would be good for sky to add this as a feature in all the hubs that in the admin controls you can set on and off times for the router - much like a pc or Mac.

this way we wouldn't have to mess about with passwords but just simply restrict the times the WiFi is available.

quite puzzled why this isn't something that has been added even now.

Re: Switching off internet at night

Chrisee — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:01:13 GMT

@leetilbury24 there are many things Sky could add but as I explained in a reply earlier many devices use the downtime to update and run housekeeping tasks which would then have to run when you need to use them.

Re: Switching off internet at night

leetilbury24 — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:51:07 GMT

That's true but for the purposes of using it domestically surely these updates would be minimal impact, PCs, mobile phone apps and tablet devices and sky Q box!!???

Most of those devices would immediately seek to update first thing in a morning if the device was disconnected from the internet overnight and reconnected in the morning.

In most instances updates would not be able to take place on a PC/laptop/Mac if it were switched off anyway, tablets and mobile phones would simply do it at first available opportunity when connected. So I don't see an issue here, unless I'm missing something?!

For the purposes of business it would be different entirely and I fully get the need for system updates but these would normally be scheduled for out of normal hours operation and would still be dependent on the device being switched on and connected.

if there was a router admin control this would give the families of domestic use the option to reduce children's access to the internet, help them to switch off and aid in helping them to sleep well at night - a problem that this being exacerbated by the internet always being on?!?

currenty we change the password every night to lock use, but would be much easier with a "set and forget" approach!

Re: Switching off internet at night

Mobashra — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 22:58:15 GMT

Hi What do you mean by ADMIN?@Mark39

Re: Switching off internet at night

cookiemonsteruk — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 23:02:17 GMT

@Mobashra

username: admin
password: sky or, your WIFI password (case sensitive)

Thats your username and password you can find them on the back of your sky hub

Re: Switching off internet at night

Skull+Treaty — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:18:07 GMT

@Mark39 wrote:
@Vic+99 wrote:
How do you log into your router? Thanks
From Sky's tips:
Make sure you're connected to your home broadband network
Open your browser and type 192.168.0.1 into your address bar.
When prompted enter the;
username: admin
password: sky or, your WIFI password (case sensitive)

@Mobashra

Credentials are below your relevant Hub:

Re: Switching off internet at night

lucylou41 — Thu, 20 May 2021 03:42:13 GMT

I have the opposite problem both sky boxes and Wi-Fi switch off over night, which is very frustrating when I'm up all night, I can only use my mobiles 3G network. Have to wait till 4.30 am before it all switches back on. Spent many hours trying to figure out why...

Re: Switching off internet at night

Chrisee — Thu, 20 May 2021 05:27:20 GMT

@lucylou41 the time is out but check that your Q boxes are not set to eco power saving mode which puts them into deep,sleep from 1.30 to 5.45am. That mode turns off the wifi hot spots. Changing the power saving to Active stops that happening see https://www.sky.com/help/articles/using-the-standby-settings#need-a-hand

Otherwise a fw nights of lost connection can be down to network maintenance which cannot be avoided but should be temporary. Check if the internet light on the hub changes to yellow from green see Lights on your Sky hub explained | Sky Help | Sky.com

Re: Switching off internet at night

sheralyn — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 05:35:53 GMT

Excellent solution! Thank you 🙂