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📣 mardiyah

How turn off/deactivate internal WiFi adapter card?


On Linux, how do we turn off i.e. deactivate internal/default wifi adapter card to save power, as the external one (Usb wifi adapter) has been set to do in place ?


  👤 News-Dog Accepted Answer ✓
>wifi adapter card to save power

Removing the card is preferable.


👤 eimrine
ifconfig wlan0 down (as far as I remember, can not test rn)