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--- toggle_radio [2023/08/06 21:42] – [Wireless chipset (2.4/5GHz) specific operation] hogwild
+++ toggle_radio [2023/08/06 21:49] (current) – [Wireless SSID-specific operation] -change "wireless" to "WiFi" hogwild
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 ===== Specific Wireless chipset (2.4/5GHz) operations =====
-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/disable a specific chipset via the command line.
+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 cases you might want to control a specific chipset via the command line.
 Once you've identified the name of the appropriate radio interface (via the [[advanced-wlanvifs|Virtual Wireless]] page):
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-For example, using "eth1" in my the above example:
+For example, using "eth1" in the above example:
 **Verify interface state**
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 ===== WiFi SSID-specific operation =====
-In some cases, you might want to just restrict access to only one specific SSID or change settings specific to only one WiFi interface. This can be achieved as follows:
+In some cases, you might want to just restrict access to only one specific SSID or change settings specific to only one WiFi interface.
-First, identify the SSID virtual interface you want to control.
+This can be achieved as follows:
-The full list of WiFi interfaces on your router and all its sub-interfaces can be found in the [[advanced-wireless|Virtual Wireless]] menu.
+First, identify the SSID virtual interface you want to control. The full list of WiFi interfaces on your router and all its sub-interfaces can be found in the [[advanced-wireless|Virtual Wireless]] menu.
 Virtual interfaces are always defined as: ''[ main wireless interface name ] + [.] + [number 0-3]''
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  \\
-Now, let's assume you want to turn off wl1.3 which is associated to SSID "test"
+Now, let's assume you want to control "wl1.3" which is associated to the SSID: "test"
  \\ \\ {{:pasted:20221127-162109.png}}
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  \\
-We could perform the following tasks:\\
+You could perform the following tasks:\\
 **Toggle interface state**\\
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  \\ \\  ''int=wl1.3''\\ '' wl -i $int radio on''
+ \\
-==== Wireless SSID specific operation ====
+ \\
-Let's say, as it often happens), a specific SSID you have defined is operational on multiple interfaces/sub-interfaces, you can disable the SSID everywhere as follow:\\
-**Force Off**\\
+==== WiFi SSID-specific operation ====
-''SSID=MYCOOLSSID\\
-nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f1 | cut -d_ -f1 ) radio off; done''
+Often, a specific defined SSID operates on multiple interfaces/sub-interfaces.
+You can disable that SSID on all interfaces everywhere, as follows:\\
+ \\
+**Force Off**
+ \\ \\  ''SSID=MYCOOLSSID''\\ '' nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f1 | cut -d_ -f1 ) radio off; done''
+ \\
+ \\
+**Force On**
+ \\ \\  ''SSID=MYCOOLSSID''\\ '' nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f1 | cut -d_ -f1 ) radio on; done''
+ \\
+ \\
+ \\
-**Force On**\\
-''SSID=MYCOOLSSID\\
-nvram show | grep ssid | grep $SSID | while read line; do wl -i $(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f1 | cut -d_ -f1 ) radio on; done''

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