Airtel Router has bluetooth and they say they can't disable it.
from tdTrX@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 20 Jan 06:31
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ScientifficDoggo@lemmy.zip on 20 Jan 06:37 next collapse

Have you tried frying the chip or clipping an antenna wire (if it has one).

tdTrX@lemmy.ml on 20 Jan 06:39 collapse

It is a cylindrical plastic box, how to open it ?

monovergent@lemmy.ml on 20 Jan 06:59 next collapse

Any hidden screws or seams to pry? Is there alternative firmware for it?

If not, I’d imagine your only options would be physically crippling the bluetooth module, porting something like OpenWrt to it, or getting a router that doesn’t force Bluetooth on you.

jsnfwlr@lemmy.ml on 20 Jan 11:05 next collapse

Sledge hammer will do

Midnight1938@reddthat.com on 20 Jan 14:57 collapse

Try a screwdriver to pry it open

atropa@piefed.social on 20 Jan 06:39 next collapse

Killer USB ?

tdTrX@lemmy.ml on 20 Jan 06:41 collapse

Is it a joke ?

atropa@piefed.social on 20 Jan 06:50 collapse

Yes

eskimofry@lemmy.world on 20 Jan 07:03 next collapse

put it inside a cage and connect your own wifi router from outside to the LAN ports.

nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Jan 07:33 next collapse

Airtel provides great service, but they are terrible at such things. They won’t let me disable the WiFi, even though I am in bridge mode and am using my own router. In their UI the options are greyed out. Their “engineers” don’t know anything other than wiring stuff. Half of them say they allow port forwarding, while other half says they don’t allow it for security reasons.

If it is possible for you, get a business connection, rather than a residential one.

Midnight1938@reddthat.com on 20 Jan 14:59 collapse

Have you tried this? its what im planning

nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Jan 17:52 collapse

I have enabled bridge mode, and am even paying for a static IP.

Midnight1938@reddthat.com on 21 Jan 00:56 collapse

Wild

I cant even switch cuz theyre the only provider here

ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Jan 08:26 next collapse

Don’t even plug in your shitty ISP router, they always suck. Always use your own router directly, don’t just put theirs in bridge mode.

Damage@feddit.it on 20 Jan 11:35 next collapse

In Italy routers provided by Fastweb nowadays come with integrated Alexa…

Sxan@piefed.zip on 20 Jan 14:43 collapse

T-Mobile fiber came too my neighborhood and I couldn’t get off Fucking Comcast fast enough. Þe T-Mobile tech gave me a router and I said, no þanks, got my own, I’m good. He responded þat he had to give me þe router, wheþer or not I used it was up to me.

So now I have a brand new router, unopened in a box, sitting and waiting to be e-waste. I’ll probably donate it to Goodwill or someþing.