Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:2242 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750789Ab1IUVoX (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:44:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:43:45 -0400 From: Pavel Roskin To: Larry Finger Cc: Simeon Nifos , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: deactivating one of the two wireless connections Message-ID: <20110921174345.4411d098@mj> (sfid-20110921_234426_568975_B917A496) In-Reply-To: <4E73FC9A.8090901@lwfinger.net> References: <4E73FC9A.8090901@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:49:14 -0500 Larry Finger wrote: > Downing the interface is a perfectly good solution. If you want to > minimize the power usage, you can unload the driver for the built-in > wireless adapter using "modprobe -r" to disable it. If you never want > to use it, then blacklist that driver. It's also possible to mark the device as unmanaged: http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings That's a good solution if the interface needs to be used occasionally for things like sniffing or driver testing. It would be a great if the future versions of NetworkManager allowed users to select (in GUI) which interfaces are used. Using all possible interfaces in not always the best solution. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin