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jfmessier
Asked: 2010-09-01 08:04:23 +0800 CST

How enable/disable WiFi adapters individually under 10.04

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I have a laptop with an internal wifi G adapter, and I have an external USB wifi adapter that is compatible with N. the internal wifi can be disabled using a little switch on the side of the laptop. However, when I disable it using the switch, it disables ALL Wifi adapters, internal or external.

I want to use the external USB adapter, since it's faster.

Also, on my EeePC, I cannot seem to be able to disable the internal WiFi adapter. The blue light remains ON, which means I cannot use my EeePC in an airplane.

How can I fix those problems ?

Thanks :-)

10.04 wireless

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  1. Best Answer

    For your first problem you can disable it by blocking the driver from loading. Use lsmod to find the driver it uses and then add blacklist that-driver to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (on a new line). Bit of a sledgehammer approach but it would disable it.

    I don't know if this would actually disable the hardware so it might still eat battery.

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