Removing network adapter from system?

pinkyplant · 2024-07-07 16:27:14

Hi all.

I have a Intel 6 AX201 inside of my laptop and I'd like to disable it completely due to how much it drops out, I use networkmanager for my networking.

Thanks

shulamy · 2024-07-07 16:31:03

why not in the BIOS ?

ezik

pinkyplant · 2024-07-07 16:39:55

shulamy wrote:

why not in the BIOS ?
ezik

You can't disable it from the bios iirc, as it's a HP laptop.

seth · 2024-07-07 19:46:27

1. screwdriver
2. rfkill
3. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … ic_devices
4. if you've no other iwlwifi/iwlmvm NIC you could also just blaclist those modules

Trilby · 2024-07-07 20:00:34

Am I missing something, is this a network manager quirk? In my experience wireless cards don't do anything on their own - not until some software networking tool explicitly brings them up and tries to connect. If you know it's not working, just don't try to connect over that device.

pinkyplant · 2024-07-08 10:07:17

seth wrote:

1. screwdriver
2. rfkill
3. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … ic_devices
4. if you've no other iwlwifi/iwlmvm NIC you could also just blaclist those modules

Used fix no3, still connects to wlan0 if my wlan1 is unplugged. How do I go about rfkilling only one adapter?

pinkyplant · 2024-07-08 10:07:48

Trilby wrote:

Am I missing something, is this a network manager quirk? In my experience wireless cards don't do anything on their own - not until some software networking tool explicitly brings them up and tries to connect. If you know it's not working, just don't try to connect over that device.

I think so, as iwd doesn't do this.

seth · 2024-07-08 13:24:00

still connects to wlan0 if my wlan1 is unplugged

Either use "predictable interface names" or isolate the nic by it's MAC, not the device name.

rfkill block <device>

would run into the same issues.

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