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Of course not. If your WiFi router supports multiple networks, then you’d have to lock it up somewhere.
I’m not sure what you’re asking. You can buy wired cameras that go to a wired router that connects to your Cable/DSL/Fiber/LTE modem, then nothing related to the cameras is WiFi. But assuming all of the cameras you already have are WiFi-only, the solution is to have the cameras be on a WiFi network which is not accessible to guests (they can’t unplug the router and they don’t have the network password). It is possible to have two physical WiFi routers in your home and there are many ways to configure them, but it gets complicated really fast.
Thanx. Yes the problem is unplugging or turning off power to modem and/or router, no matter how many networks out how many routers. I don’t currently have a way to lock them up in the whole house rental. Sounds like I am going to have to build some sort of locking cabinet that attaches to the walls around the outlet and incoming cable and then also put a lock on the electric breaker panel. What a pain…Oh how I hate disrespectful people sometimes…
I looked at those thermostat guards also! But I needed holes big enough to get the extender wired to both a coax cable outlet and a power outlet, so it didn’t quite do the trick. It looked harder to drill than the malleable plastic magazine holder. Did you cover the serial number, etc with tape? And did you use security screws? So I guess mine is the poor man’s solution! Also mine is not a plug in, it’s an Actiontec WCB6200Q that’s compatible with my Verizon Fios.
Oh, d’oh never mind, the screw holes are inside the locked themo box, of course. excellent solution if it fits with your set up! All you would have to do is cover the labeling to be xtra safe.
The problem, for me, with what you show here is that the guest could just disconnect on each or both of the cords to turn it off. If people are just looking to press a reset button then yes, this looks like a perfect solution.
Which begs the question for me: is disconnecting / turning off and then reconnecting / turning on the same result as pressing reset? If not, what are the differences?
No. I painted the box to match the wall so you can’t see the numbers inside. Some light shows through the ventilation holes at night, if I was worried about that I could tape over the indicator lights I suppose.
Well, if ABB won’t support this I’d put a rule that says “tampering with or turning off the WI_FI is strictly prohibited and will have the consequence of bringing me to the house to see what happened”.
Truly, I would, because if they turn the wi-fi off. the thermostat wont work, the cameras, netflix… you get the idea.
Having to lock up a router because of disingenuous guests is deplorable. What a long list of “don’t”'s we will have if it keeps coming down to basic courtesy and common sense.
Yep, you’re right, I guess you would need to buy or build that big box to cover the router and your power and coax wall connections.
Mine is just an extender, so if they unplug it they don’t have internet. If they plug it back in, they have internet again. Unplugging doesn’t do a reset to default settings, so my guest bands and password are preserved.
For bad guests that want to have a party/sneak in extra people/whatever and unplug it because they think the cameras won’t work.
For clueless guests that can’t figure out how to connect to the wifi so mess with the router, causing me to have to go over and reset it for them.
I have had none of #1 yet, but two guests have messaged me needing help to log on to the wifi. The network and password are posted on the wall in the living room and they still couldn’t figure it out. I just don’t want these folks to have easy access to the router or they will start pushing buttons.
Adding an outlet that’s one or two feet away on the same wall is usually trivial.
I’ll also point out that you need to look at the rest of your connection. Guests that know to unplug your router will probably also know they can unplug your service. I.e. unplug the coax where it enters the house. Is that secure?
This article actually ADVISES guests to turn off WiFi, and see if the host contacts you, in order to check for hidden (interior) cameras! Of course it doesn’t necessarily follow that your host has a hidden camera if they contact you about shutting down WiFi; there are other ways to monitor WiFi. Also assumes host is gonna contact the guest and say “I saw through my secret hidden camera that you’re not supposed to know about . . .”
It’s a really bad article, it conflates external with internal cameras, gratuitously references the “party house” deaths, which has nothing to do with cameras, and ignores Airbnb’s camera disclosure requirements.
That’s hilarious. Even though my 3 units are Entire Places (private apartments) all the units, including mine, share the wifi and so I would know right away if the wifi went off. Surely this is fairly common, it does seem like silly advice.
If you want to check for hidden cameras, you could just wad up a big pile of newspaper in the middle of the room and then stand there with a lighter in your hand, maybe pace around it with a deranged look on your face, waving the lighter around - I bet you’d hear from any host with a hidden camera right away
Haha, I have a thermostat on the wall in our living room which anyone can play with to their hearts content, but it doesn’t override the remote one downstairs in the locked boiler room.
