Can you use an Ethernet switch?

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SteveInWA:
Yes, it's just a check mark or other thing to click on the router's configuration menu.

Lavarock7:
Also, ensuring you have a cryptic password on a wireless router can limit who can access it.

Also, some routers also allow you to block certain websites and/or control who can access your connection based upon MAC address. Each internet device has a different MAC address (it is similar to a hardware serial number).

projecttoday:
But if wifi is disabled, I don't need to worry about the password.  Right?

lrosenman:
Yes.

SteveInWA:
Quote from: projecttoday on January 20, 2016, 06:44:15 am

But if wifi is disabled, I don't need to worry about the password.  Right?


There are two different types of passwords.  The administrator's password for the router, and the password(s) for the router's WiFi access point.  If you aren't going to use WiFi, then the latter is moot (the WiFi radios are turned off).  Regardless, you should still set a strong password for the router itself, instead of the trivial "admin" or other password.

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