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Disabling WiFi automatically when Ethernet connected

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Mint 17.2 Cinammon.
Is there a way of making sure that when the machine is connected to Ethernet, it doesn't log on to WiFi as well?
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JusTertii

Re: Disabling WiFi automatically when Ethernet connected

Post by JusTertii »

A cool idea. No idea how you'd accomplish it, but others might be better able to help if you post the output of

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inxi -Fxz
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Re: Disabling WiFi automatically when Ethernet connected

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JusTertii wrote:others might be better able to help if you post the output of

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inxi -Fxz

gordon@gordon-Aspire-E3-112 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: gordon-Aspire-E3-112 Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: Acer product: Aspire E3-112 version: V1.10
Mobo: Acer model: R2 version: Type2 - A01 Board Version Bios: Insyde version: V1.10 date: 08/20/2014
CPU: Dual core Intel Celeron CPU N2840 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8652.8
Clock Speeds: 1: 1299.395 MHz 2: 1175.538 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel ValleyView Gen7 bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.1hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Bay Trail GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k4.1.1-040101-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 620.1GB (34.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 120.0GB
2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Portable size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 106G used: 29G (29%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 237M used: 130M (58%) fs: ext2
ID: swap-1 size: 4.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 192 Uptime: 56 min Memory: 2031.6/3834.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
gordon@gordon-Aspire-E3-112 ~ $
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asbentos

Re: Disabling WiFi automatically when Ethernet connected

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I got the same issue:
executing mintWifi command shows next:

#####
Before cable connect
##########

-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
==> PCI ID = 8086:4229 (rev 61)
-- Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
==> PCI ID = 8086:422b (rev 35)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
vmnet1 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan2 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

vmnet8 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"belkin54g"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 94:44:52:A6:D3:92
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-32 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:4 Missed beacon:0

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW ec:f4:bb:03:07:dd
Dirección inet6: fe80::eef4:bbff:fe03:7dd/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:2583 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:2945 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:1368826 (1.3 MB) TX bytes:546295 (546.2 KB)
Interrupción:20 Memoria:f7f00000-f7f20000

lo Link encap:Bucle local
Direc. inet:127.0.0.1 Másc:255.0.0.0
Dirección inet6: ::1/128 Alcance:Anfitrión
ACTIVO BUCLE FUNCIONANDO MTU:65536 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:7270 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:7270 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0
Bytes RX:507751 (507.7 KB) TX bytes:507751 (507.7 KB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:50:56:c0:00:01
Direc. inet:172.16.62.1 Difus.:172.16.62.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:201 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:50:56:c0:00:08
Direc. inet:192.168.240.1 Difus.:192.168.240.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:202 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:21:5c:62:7f:fb
Direc. inet:192.168.23.217 Difus.:192.168.23.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::221:5cff:fe62:7ffb/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:31141 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:28369 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:26194024 (26.1 MB) TX bytes:8325334 (8.3 MB)

wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 3c:a9:f4:39:56:7c
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for andres:
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 200.40.30.245
Address: 200.40.30.245#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.85
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.82
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.81
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.91
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.84
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.87
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.90
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.83
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.86
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.80
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.89
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.0.88


##############
After cable connect
#############
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
==> PCI ID = 8086:4229 (rev 61)
-- Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
==> PCI ID = 8086:422b (rev 35)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
vmnet1 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan2 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

vmnet8 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW ec:f4:bb:03:07:dd
Direc. inet:192.168.23.200 Difus.:192.168.23.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::eef4:bbff:fe03:7dd/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:3128 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:3635 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:1544346 (1.5 MB) TX bytes:667572 (667.5 KB)
Interrupción:20 Memoria:f7f00000-f7f20000

lo Link encap:Bucle local
Direc. inet:127.0.0.1 Másc:255.0.0.0
Dirección inet6: ::1/128 Alcance:Anfitrión
ACTIVO BUCLE FUNCIONANDO MTU:65536 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:7419 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:7419 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0
Bytes RX:512969 (512.9 KB) TX bytes:512969 (512.9 KB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:50:56:c0:00:01
Direc. inet:172.16.62.1 Difus.:172.16.62.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:2 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:213 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:50:56:c0:00:08
Direc. inet:192.168.240.1 Difus.:192.168.240.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:2 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:214 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for andres:
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.23.1
Address: 192.168.23.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.26
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.28
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.21
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.17
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.18
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.19
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.23
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.24
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.25
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.22
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.27
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.29
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.16
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.20
Name: google.com
Address: 200.40.3.15
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