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Disable WLan if Wired/Cable Network is available

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202641667 views
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Problem

The question says it all. All i want is that my W-Lan connection should be disabled whenever a wired connection is available. What would be the easiest way to do that in Ubuntu/Gnome? In all guides (for instance some about guessnet) i found i had to configure my whole network configuration (WPA keys, DHCP, ...), but i find that a bit too complicated for such a simple use case. I just want to disable when is connected.

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wlan0

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Fix for: Disable WLan if Wired/Cable Network is available

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You can drop this script to : Don't forget afterwards: This catches the legacy names and the new kernel "predictable named interfaces" that start with and then use either the bus path or the MAC address so that the name of each interface is the same on every boot. This worked with the USB-C (passthrough) and USB ethernet adapter I tried with and I'm confident it will work with built-in adapters as well.

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