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WiFi disable RPi3

Postby DomieMic65 » 12 Feb 2017, 21:09

My first post here!
Hi to all and congratulations for your great distribution!

Is there a way to completely shut down the wifi module of the raspberry pi 3?

Thnx in advance!
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby hondagx35 » 13 Feb 2017, 00:25

Hi DomieMic65,

you have to modify the file "/etc/modprobe.d/disable_rpi3_wifi_bt.conf"
Code: Select all
##wifi
#blacklist brcmfmac
#blacklist brcmutil
##bt
#blacklist btbcm
#blacklist hci_uart


Code: Select all
##wifi
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmutil
##bt
#blacklist btbcm
#blacklist hci_uart


After this it is necessary to disable the wifi service
Code: Select all
systemctl disable netctl-auto@wlan0

and reboot.

Frank
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby DomieMic65 » 13 Feb 2017, 08:59

Thank you very much Frank!!
I will try this evening!!

Sent from my Nexus 5X
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby DomieMic65 » 14 Feb 2017, 16:16

It worked just fine!!!!
Thank you very much!!!!
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby n8dgr84 » 23 Mar 2017, 10:22

Hi,

How do I access this file to edit?
I've created it on the sd card but to no avail.

Thanks
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby DomieMic65 » 23 Mar 2017, 10:30

n8dgr84 wrote:Hi,

How do I access this file to edit?
I've created it on the sd card but to no avail.

Thanks

With WinSCP.
You must install it on your computer and gain access to the Raspberry
You must also use PuTTy to give the commands.
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby n8dgr84 » 23 Mar 2017, 13:21

Ok I downloaded WinSCP.
Found RuneAudio IP
Login using standard ports
Login is "root"
PW is "rune"
Add code to the file as above.

Thanks
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby hondagx35 » 23 Mar 2017, 13:34

Hi,

to speed up boot process you should also do
hondagx35 wrote:After this it is necessary to disable the wifi service
Code: Select all
systemctl disable netctl-auto@wlan0

and reboot.

Frank
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby piero » 01 Jan 2020, 18:13

Hello
I'm hanging on to this post even though it's old
I would like to disable the wifi, I did the procedure above, but once I do the Reboot it restores the whole folder without the changes made and the wifi remains active.
Any ideas?
Raspberry pi 3 + runeaudio 0.4(beta 20160323)
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Re: WiFi disable RPi3

Postby R101 » 01 Jan 2020, 19:39

piero,

Changing the content of /etc/modprobe.d/disable_rpi3_wifi_bt.conf to:

##wifi
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmutil
##bt
blacklist btbcm
blacklist hci_uart

will disable wifi and bluetooth.
(Pi 3B, rAudio-1, JLS I2S over USB)
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