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How to turn off wireless network permanently in ubuntu 12.10

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i'm using ubuntu 12.10 with win7 on sony vaio.
i want to turn off wireless network permanently in ubuntu just like "vaio smartnetwork" does in windows every time system boots.
please help.

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answered 1 Year ago untroo · Accepted Answer

In Ubuntu we have command: rfkill which can turn off wireless devices. For example:

rfkill list

You will see something like this:

0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

2: sony-wwan: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

4: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

It means that all devices are working. If you want to block for example bluetooth type:

rfkill block 4

After that rfkill list will show

0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

2: sony-wwan: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

4: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no

If you want to block all devices type: rfkill block all to unblock: rfkill unblock all