Hi there,

You could always check the router logs in the GUI to see if there's any events there that might shed any light on what's happening?

If there's nothing in the GUI, telnet into the router and hit CTRL-Q, that'll dump the debug log which should show pretty much everything that's happened.

Hope there's something there that gives us a clue?

What happens if you change the router admin username and password? Is its own firewall turned on?

In reply to a post by LEEEVANS69:

Turned it off via the web interface, but i can turn it on via the button on the router.

Hang on!

Why press the button once it is off in the GUI?

Why not use a router where you can set a Wi-Fi schedule, where wireless switches off at a certain time at night and switches on again in the morning automatically. Even an old B.T. Homehub will do that. Then add Eco+ dect phones if you really care about the health of your family. Worth a watch if you have 90 mins to spare, you may never use Wi-Fi or un-corded phones again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y45_dxd-Jxk

I don't think he's worried about what his family is doing, merely the fact the wireless appears to switch itself on with no user action to cause it.

However, we haven't really established that it does. The nearest we got was that if he turns it off in the GUI then pressing the button turns it on again.

Either way Wi-Fi is bad. He would be better off with the dreaded Homeplugs and control anything he wants on or off at certain times via mac or IP filtering.

In reply to a post by orbrey:

Hi there,

You could always check the router logs in the GUI to see if there's any events there that might shed any light on what's happening?

If there's nothing in the GUI, telnet into the router and hit CTRL-Q, that'll dump the debug log which should show pretty much everything that's happened.

Hope there's something there that gives us a clue?

pm'd you with the log thanks

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

What happens if you change the router admin username and password? Is its own firewall turned on?

he wouldn't have a clue to access the router

Yes firewall on

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I don't think he's worried about what his family is doing, merely the fact the wireless appears to switch itself on with no user action to cause it.

However, we haven't really established that it does. The nearest we got was that if he turns it off in the GUI then pressing the button turns it on again.

Spot on,

So who presses the button and why?

Who apart from you needs to access the admin area of the router?

I honestly can't understand what the issue is. Your son apparently isn't going to press the button, so who is? If the button isn't pressed and wireless is turned off in the GUI then it isn't going to turn itself on.

There has to be something being done by someone, or there is something you haven't told us that is worrying you.

My suggestion about changing the admin username and password was in case someone, somehow is getting into it from outside - either directly or possibly even via a Trojan on one of your machines.