How can I toggle Wi-Fi on an Airport Extreme without losing settings?

scrm · Feb 29, 2012, 03:16 PM

I'd like to turn off the Wi-Fi network each night on my Airport Extreme, and re-open it in the morning. But the only way I can see to do this is by choosing 'Off' under 'Network mode' in Airport Utility; this means my previous Wi-Fi settings are not retained when I want to reopen the network.

Is there no easier way to do this?

Thanks!

Intell · Feb 29, 2012, 03:17 PM

Make a new profile for it and switch between the two.

simsaladimbamba · Feb 29, 2012, 03:19 PM

Why do you turn WiFi off?

scrm · Feb 29, 2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Intell

Make a new profile for it and switch between the two.

Can you please explain how to do that? I don't see an option in Airport Utility for profiles. I'm using 6.0.

simsaladimbamba · Feb 29, 2012, 03:35 PM

AirPort Utility > Base Station > Manage Profiles.

scrm · Feb 29, 2012, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by simsaladimbamba

AirPort Utility > Base Station > Manage Profiles.

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Great, thanks. Airport Utility 5.6 had the option; it wasn't in 6.0.

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Originally Posted by simsaladimbamba

AirPort Utility > Base Station > Manage Profiles.

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I don't suppose you know of any way this could be done automatically do you? So the AEBS would enable and disable Wi-Fi at certain times. E.g. with a third-party utility.

Intell · Feb 29, 2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by scrm

I don't suppose you know of any way this could be done automatically do you? So the AEBS would enable and disable Wi-Fi at certain times. E.g. with a third-party utility.

You could GUI script it with Applescript.

simsaladimbamba · 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by scrm

Great, thanks. Airport Utility 5.6 had the option; it wasn't in 6.0.

Sorry, I get AirPort Utility versions confused with the firmware for my AEBS.

Tested something. Copied my AirPort Utility 5.5.3 version from 10.6.8 to my Mac OS X 10.7 Lion VM and run it from the Desktop and it worked. I couldn't delete the AirPort Utility app in Utilities though, even via Terminal.

AirPort Utility 5.5.3 (zip, 11 MB)

jsrx · Sep 29, 2012, 09:26 AM

Hi, did you finally find a solution ?

I'd like to turn off the Wi-Fi network every night too (for people who asking why... because at night, my children sleep near the airport... so, I want to turn off wifi and not unplugged the airport every night !)

A solution is to desactivate it in Airport Utility, but when I want to activate it (create a new one) I have to configure it again !

Thanks for your help !

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scrm macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009	How can I toggle Wi-Fi on an Airport Extreme without losing settings? I'd like to turn off the Wi-Fi network each night on my Airport Extreme, and re-open it in the morning. But the only way I can see to do this is by choosing 'Off' under 'Network mode' in Airport Utility; this means my previous Wi-Fi settings are not retained when I want to reopen the network. Is there no easier way to do this? Thanks!
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jsrx macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	Hi, did you finally find a solution ? I'd like to turn off the Wi-Fi network every night too (for people who asking why... because at night, my children sleep near the airport... so, I want to turn off wifi and not unplugged the airport every night !) A solution is to desactivate it in Airport Utility, but when I want to activate it (create a new one) I have to configure it again ! Thanks for your help !
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