{"id":13163,"date":"2022-08-25T14:57:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/25\/how-to-pause-your-home-wi-fi\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:57:47","slug":"how-to-pause-your-home-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/25\/how-to-pause-your-home-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pause your home Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23320038\/how-to-pause-wifi-router-att-comcast-eero-google-nest<\/a>
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Wi-Fi is essential in most homes these days. From streaming your entertainment and music to making it possible to work from home, we rely on Wi-Fi for many of today\u2019s modern conveniences. But sometimes, you just need it to stop. This is particularly true for parents. I recently wrote about how I use my smart home \u2014 which runs on Wi-Fi \u2014 to help keep my family on track<\/a>. A key component of that is turning off internet access to my kids\u2019 devices. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, today\u2019s modern Wi-Fi routers give you the power to pause using your internet service provider or router manufacturer\u2019s smartphone app \u2014 no more need to unplug the router just to get your kid off their Xbox or type an IP address into a browser to fiddle with your daughter\u2019s iPad access. <\/p>\n

These apps make it easy to select which devices to pause with profiles. These allow you to associate devices on your network to specific people or groups. Turning off all the Wi-Fi during homework time doesn\u2019t help when your kids need their Chromebooks to write their book reports. But turning off Wi-Fi to their iPad and TV does limit distractions. <\/p>\n

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Eero Wi-Fi routers can be set to pause internet access to specific devices.<\/em><\/figcaption>Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n

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Once devices are in a profile, you can pause them all at once or set them to pause on a schedule. To make using profiles easier, be sure to give devices a recognizable name when you add them to your network, such as Danny\u2019s iPad or Living Room TV.<\/p>\n

Each device can only be assigned to a single profile at a time, which is where group names come in handy. You could have a Living Room group for the TV, games console, and smart speaker, for example, and a Tablet profile for all your kids\u2019 portable devices. <\/p>\n

Here I\u2019ll walk you through how to set up profiles and how to use them to pause Wi-Fi on AT&T<\/a>, Comcast Xfinity<\/a>, Eero<\/a>, and Nest Wifi<\/a> routers. Most ISPs and router manufacturers have equivalent apps and functions. If your router has an app, the chances are it offers this function. The steps for setting up profiles will be slightly different, but the overall concept is the same.<\/p>\n

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Comcast’s latest router can be managed by the Xfinity app.<\/em><\/figcaption>Image: Comcast<\/cite><\/p>\n

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How to create profiles <\/h2>\n

You will need to download your router or ISP\u2019s network management app. For AT&T, that\u2019s the Smart Home Manager app<\/a>; for Comcast, it\u2019s the Xfinity app<\/a>; for Eero, it\u2019s the Eero app<\/a>; and for Nest Wifi, it\u2019s the Google Home app<\/a>. Comcast calls its profiles \u201cPersons\u201d and Nest Wifi<\/a> \u201cGroups,\u201d but they are all essentially profiles.<\/p>\n

On AT&T<\/h3>\n