3mo ago

Can the Switch turn off Wifi (not Airplane mode cuz I use wireless controllers)?

Seems like Airplane is the only way to disable network connectivity other than keeping it unplugged so it dies

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If you have it on Airplane mode and put it in the dock it also re-enables bluetooth while keeping wifi off.
- Awesome, but is that default or do you have to tweak it? Cant remember now if I actually tweaked anything lol
  
  By default AFAIK.
Just disconnect it from the wifi network.
If the wifi on the switch is a problem on airplanes, why are wireless controllers not also a problem? It's still RF signals, just in a different band of the EM spectrum whether it's bluetooth, or something else.
- You half answered your question. Different band and very different levels of signal strength.
  And there are airplanes that allow wifi, just not all of them yet.
  
  If wifi was actually a legit issue, TSA would make you surrender all electronics. No if and but.
  
  The restrictions on RF in aircraft are not based on band, last I heard. Low signal strength might let them slip by, but the question is will staff know that? Are you going to argue with them about it until they remove you from the plane? shrug I'm just saying, if radio signals are the problem, other sources of radio signals are also potentially a problem. Seems like it'd just be easier to use wired/attached/whatever controllers (I don't own a Switch, I dunno how that works.)

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