Hello Everyone,
I am using and Airport Time Capsule for backups and it is the main wireless router (not extended).
when I go outside of my appartement, I can still get good reception all around the building.
Is it possible to reduce the strength of the signal using Airport 6.3.2 under OSX 10.9.3? There are no settings for that but maybe I am missing something?
Thank you
Unfortunately, Apple dropped quite a number of useful settings and features when they introduced the 6.x versions of AirPort Utility.
The ability to adjust the Transmit Power was one of them.
Even if you try to change the setting on the Time Capsule using an older version of AirPort Utility 5.x, the setting change will not "stick" and the power will revert back to 100% when you "update" the settings.
Unfortunately, Apple dropped quite a number of useful settings and features when they introduced the 6.x versions of AirPort Utility.
The ability to adjust the Transmit Power was one of them.
Even if you try to change the setting on the Time Capsule using an older version of AirPort Utility 5.x, the setting change will not "stick" and the power will revert back to 100% when you "update" the settings.
Thank you, this is good to know even though unfortunate.
ps: is there any information on why this functionality has been dropped?
Regards
Unfortunately, Apple is publicly silent about things like this, but you might get some information from them if you contact Apple Support directly.
Not cool, I have a small place with 2 young children in close quarters.
They need to bring back this option for safety sake.
I bet this option is turned on in the UK, I assume because they different laws there governing wifi signal strength etc.
It really is not that hard apple, please add the signal strength menu for the Time Capsule and Time Machine and Express.
I bet this option is turned on in the UK
Unfortunately, you lose the bet if you are running Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks on your Mac(s).
Tell Apple what you want here, since it is extremely unlikely that anyone from Apple will ever see your post on a user-to-user support forum:
Reducing Strength of WiFi signal from Airport TimeCapsule
