[Trac #1406] Airplane mode for wireless.

Javier Cardona javier at cozybit.com
Sat May 5 23:09:01 EDT 2007


> > > How about "iwconfig eth0 radioff" ?
> > My system says:
> >   Error : unrecognised wireless request "radioff"
> s/iwconfig/iwpriv/

...and s/radioff/radiooff/, so

/sbin/iwpriv eth0 radiooff

And when you get off the plane

/sbin/iwpriv eth0 radioon

Javier

On 5/5/07, Javier Cardona <javier at cozybit.com> wrote:
> s/iwconfig/iwpriv
>
> Javier
>
> On 5/5/07, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> > > How about "iwconfig eth0 radioff" ?
> >
> > My system says:
> >   Error : unrecognised wireless request "radioff"
> >
> > Did you mean?
> >   /sbin/iwconfig eth0 txpower off
> >
> >
> > That saves about 20 mA of wall wart power.  I assume that's the receiver.
> >
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