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toggle_radio [2023/08/06 21:31] – [Wireless chipset (2.4/5GHz) specific operation] -spelling hogwild | toggle_radio [2023/08/06 21:45] – [Wireless SSID specific operation] -clarity, formatting hogwild | ||
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- | ===== Wireless chipset (2.4/ | + | ===== Specific |
- | Modern routers come with 2 or more chipsets WiFi interfaces. There is usually one 2.4GHz interface and one or more 5GHz interfaces. In certain case you might want to enable/ | + | Modern routers come with two or more chipsets/WiFi interfaces. There is usually one 2.4GHz interface and one or more 5GHz interfaces. In certain case you might want to enable/ |
Once you've identified the name of the appropriate radio interface (via the [[advanced-wlanvifs|Virtual Wireless]] page): | Once you've identified the name of the appropriate radio interface (via the [[advanced-wlanvifs|Virtual Wireless]] page): | ||
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- | Do not blindly use this table. | + | Do not blindly use this table. |
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- | ===== Wireless | + | ===== WiFi SSID-specific operation ===== |
- | In some cases, you don' | + | In some cases, you might want to just restrict access to only one specific SSID or change settings specific to only one WiFi interface. |
- | - Identify the SSID virtual interface you want to control. | + | This can be achieved as follows: |
- | Remember: | + | First, identify the SSID virtual interface |
- | so e.g. " | + | Virtual |
- | For example: | + | For example, on this router, in the Virtual Wireless menu, we can see the 2.4GHz interface named: " |
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- | Now let's assume you want to turn off wl1.3 which is associated to SSID " | + | Now, let's assume you want to turn off wl1.3 which is associated to SSID " |
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- | Now, we can perform the following: | + | We could perform the following |
- | **Toggle**\\ | + | **Toggle |
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- | **Force Off** | + | **Force |
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- | ==== Wireless SSID specific operation ==== | + | \\ |
- | Let's say, as it often happens), a specific SSID you have defined is operational on multiple interfaces/ | ||
- | **Force Off**\\ | + | ==== Wireless SSID-specific operation ==== |
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- | nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d" | + | Often, a specific defined SSID operates on multiple interfaces/ |
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+ | You can disable that SSID on all interfaces everywhere, as follows: | ||
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- | nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d" |