Re: How to deal with a new Wifi Adapter?

[Derek Atkins <derek ihtfp com>]

Thanks, Thomas,

Thomas Haller via networkmanager-list <networkmanager-list gnome org>
writes:

[snip]

Any chance you could give a quick explanation of what these (two?) sets
of commands are doing?

Thanks,

-derek

> Hi,
>
> I'd do:
>
>     UUIDS="$(nmcli -g TYPE,UUID connection show | \
>                     sed -n 's/802-11-wireless://p')"
>
>     for UUID in $UUIDS; \
>     do \
>         nmcli \
>            -f 
> connection.id,connection.uuid,802-11-wireless.ssid,connection.interface-name,802-11-wireless.mac-address \
>            -mode multiline \
>            connection show uuid "$UUID" ; \
>         echo ; \
>     done
>
> if you want to clear these values:
>
>     for UUID in $UUIDS; \
>     do \
>         echo "$UUID ..." ; \
>         nmcli connection modify uuid "$UUID" \
>             connection.interface-name '' \
>             wifi.mac-address '' ; \
>     done
>
>
> > In a similar vein, is there a way to tell NM to disable to embedded
> > wifi
> > adapter?
>
> put
>
>   [device-unmanage-internal-wifi]
>   match-device=mac:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
>   managed=0
>
> to /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-unmanaged-internal-wifi.conf and
> restart.
>
> Or even blacklist the module from loading in /etc/modprobe.d.
>
>
> best,
> Thomas
>
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