Yes, all of the LinkSys, Belkin and Netgears allow you to disable the Wireless
802.1 beacon and just use wired; OpenWRT and other such itsy linux allow taking
down the interface. If you are running your wireless beacon from a card in
your bastion router (which is actually a Security ISO built up on an older (or
newer if you are rich) system, you certainly can take down your accesspoint.
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> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:05:42 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: router opinions wanted
>
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to disable a wireless router's transmitter and use it
> > with cable? I thought I might like to try it as hard wired but
> > retain the capability of going wireless later. I've run a lot of
> > searches on this question and haven't seen anything
> You should be able to do this with even the stock firmware the
> manufacturer provides. It's usually labelled "Radio Broadcast" or
> "Enable Wireless"
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