# To Wifi Or Not To Wifi That Is The Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739 "2024-05-30T15:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joel\_Dearing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joel_dearing/32/79290_2.png) [@Joel\_Dearing](https://community.homey.app/u/Joel_Dearing)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/1 "2024-05-30T15:58:57Z")
During my Homey Pro 2023 set up I opted to hard wire the device with cat 5. Is it still advisable or advantageous to turn on the wifi radios in the device? tyia ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Dijkstra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marco_dijkstra/32/16541_2.png) [@Marco\_Dijkstra](https://community.homey.app/u/Marco_Dijkstra)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/2 "2024-05-30T18:10:42Z")
I have it both turned on. And both a fixed IP address set in my router. It is **always** **online** since almost a year. ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/3 "2024-05-30T18:37:38Z")
You can keep both but didn’t check how the fail-over works (some apps might have problems in case you different IP). Anyway, in my case, I keep using ethernet, because Wifi increasing CPU temperature by 1C ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/4 "2024-05-30T22:18:25Z")
> [@Joel\_Dearing](#): > > Is it still advisable or advantageous to turn on the wifi radios in the device? How do I turn off WiFi? ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/5 "2024-06-01T05:46:13Z")
Via repeating the Setup, search in the Knowledge base. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-wifi-or-not-to-wifi-that-is-the-question/110739/6 "2024-06-01T06:35:24Z")
> [@\[HowTo\] Connect Homey Pro (Early 2023) with Ethernet Only - aka Disable WiFi](https://community.homey.app/t/howto-connect-homey-pro-early-2023-with-ethernet-only-aka-disable-wifi/105701): > > [HowTo] Connect Homey Pro (Early 2023) with Ethernet Only - aka Disable WiFi There is already a lot written and asked here on the forum around the Ethernet adapter for Homey Pro (Early 2023). The Official support guide The official Guide from Athom how to connect including a Video (Without Alex face_holding_back_tears ) is leading of course: [Setting up the Homey Pro Ethernet Adapter](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7262533910300-Setting-up-the-Homey-Pro-Ethernet-Adapter) and it States: That’s it! Homey Pro will automatically use the ethernet connection if it’s available. Dur… But that option using the wepApi playground only is to switch off if you had it configured already.