# How to changing from WiFi network to Homey Pro Ethernet Adapter

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Tags:** homey-pro
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189 "2023-11-29T12:00:58Z")
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### Author: ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/26 "2025-12-14T00:45:26Z")

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Hello Robert,

I wonder what makes you think it actively uses wifi instead of ethernet?  
When you’ve connected the ethernet dongle correctly, the wifi connection stays connected, but isn’t actively used as long as ethernet is working correctly

> [@New Homey Pro 2023 goes offline with lan cable](https://community.homey.app/t/new-homey-pro-2023-goes-offline-with-lan-cable/81533/3):
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> The ethernet must be connected in one specific way:
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> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/c/9c5c714310aa0c12371342658d324e72f2b46769.png)

Are you sure the USB-C cable is OK? You’d have found the #cablegate tag when you read this topic

To disable wifi all in all, during setup you just had to pick Ethernet Only, but you pushed the blue button, right?  
Or you connected the ethernet dongle later, during or after setup?

 ![Screenshot_20251214_013901_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/6/1629dfbd3b499b7b5ab251d14ac24c6dc956349f.jpeg)

See, no wifi:

 ![Screenshot_20251214_014027_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/8/e8b513b251a0448f3342ae05361d2f35a7479e31.jpeg)

To disable wifi, just enter setup mode

> **[Activate Setup Mode for Homey Pro](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7263241090716-Activate-Setup-Mode-for-Homey-Pro)**
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> Homey Pro features a Setup Mode that lets you change the Wi-Fi network, reset Homey Pro to its factory settings, or restore a cloud backup.While Homey Pro is in Setup Mode, all other tasks are disa...

and now just hit the “Ethernet Only” button.

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