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Asked: 2020-09-01 00:23:01 +0800 CST

Disable WiFi if LAN is connected

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I installed Ubuntu 20.04 some days ago. Most things work very fine.

But if I am connected via LAN, I get the warning again and again that WiFi can't connect.

This does not make sense.

If I have LAN, then I don't need WiFi.

Of course I can disable it by hand, but an automation which works be default would be fine.

What can I do to solve this?

networking wireless

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    from manpage of Ubuntu for nmcli-examples https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man7/nmcli-examples.7.html Example 14. there is a script to make Ethernet and Wi-Fi mutually exclusive

    #!/bin/bash
export LC_ALL=C

enable_disable_wifi ()
{
    result=$(nmcli dev | grep "ethernet" | grep -w "connected")
    if [ -n "$result" ]; then
        nmcli radio wifi off
    else
        nmcli radio wifi on
    fi
}

if [ "$2" = "up" ]; then
    enable_disable_wifi
fi

if [ "$2" = "down" ]; then
    enable_disable_wifi
fi

       This dispatcher script makes Wi-Fi mutually exclusive with wired networking. When a wired
   interface is connected, Wi-Fi will be set to airplane mode (rfkilled). When the wired
   interface is disconnected, Wi-Fi will be turned back on. Name this script e.g.
   70-wifi-wired-exclusive.sh and put it into /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ directory.
   See NetworkManager(8) manual page for more information about NetworkManager dispatcher
   scripts.

    Make the new script executable: chmod a+rx /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/70-wifi-wired-exclusive.sh

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