How to pause your home Wi-Fi

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Wi-Fi is essential in most homes these days. From streaming your entertainment and music to making it possible to work from home, we rely on Wi-Fi for many of today's modern conveniences. But sometimes, you just need it to stop. This is particularly true for parents. I recently wrote about how I use my smart home - which runs on Wi-Fi - to help keep my family on track. A key component of that is turning off internet access to my kids' devices.

Thankfully, today's modern Wi-Fi routers give you the power to pause using your internet service provider or router manufacturer's smartphone app - no more need to unplug the router just to get your kid off their Xbox or type an IP address into a browser to fiddle with your daughter's iPad...

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