Sorry for the naive answer, but, if you're not using wireless, why do you have a wireless adapter in your system?
Is this some kind of mobile device, like a noteboot/netbook? Doesn't it have some kind of "rfkill" button??? 2010/3/15 Michael H. Warfield <m...@wittsend.com> > Hey all, > > Pop question. This is one of my burning annoyances with NetworkManager > and maybe there's an easy way to do this and I just can't find it. > But... How do I disable wireless networking by default. I can disable > it but, the next time I log in, it's enabled again. I want it stone > cold dead unless I overtly and explicitly choose to enabled it and then > I want it off if I log out and log back in again. > > The problem is that I work in an environment that is very rich in IPv6 > support, at home and at work and on the road and at my colocation > facility. I have v6 everywhere. The problem is that NM brings up wlan0 > long after eth0 has been up and then the wlan0 interface gets hit with a > new RA (router advertisement) which then causes all the v6 traffic to be > routed out through the wireless WHICH I DO NOT WANT even though the v4 > default route is out eth0. Because wlan0 gets the RA later than the > eth0 address in response to its RD (router discovery) request, it has a > later expiration time on the routes so it gets preference over the eth0 > interface. This is by design. It's the way v6 is suppose to work and > is how you renumber autoconfed v6 networks. But is screws me over > royally when I'm in a situation where I've got a hard wired network > connection and the wireless is less than stable and keeps screwing up > all my v6 connections. Disabling it after logging in is useless because > it has already brought it up and loaded the v6 routes with a new default > and that then just breaks things. > > I want wireless off and to STAY OFF unless I want it on and know that I > want it on. But I can't find a sticky setting that basically tells it > to play dead and STAY DEAD. (The wireless "switch" on my laptop only > switches the bluetooth, unfortunately). > > Mike > -- > Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 | m...@wittsend.com > /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | > http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ > NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of > all > PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > >
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