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i think this is it:<br><br>http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td1484094<br><br><span class="text-cell"><div class="weak-color" style="font-size: 80%; padding-bottom: 1em;">
        In reply to <a href="http://n2.nabble.com/Om2008-9-How-to-power-off-Wifi-tp1484094p1484094.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>
        by Matthias Apitz
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        Hi,
</span><br><br><span>I was able to disable/re-enable wifi with
following lines, I did however not have the time to check the impact on
battery life....
</span><br><br><span># using Atheros wmiconfig command to disable wlan 
</span><br><span>./wmiconfig -i eth0 --wlan disable
</span><br><br><br><span># To re-enable wlan:
</span><br><span>./wmiconfig -i eth0 --wlan enable
</span><br><span># set re-association mode 0 : &nbsp;do send disassoc when reassociation
</span><br><span>./wmiconfig -i eth0 --setreassocmode 0
</span><br><span># now try to reconnect wlan using gui
</span><br><span>iwlist eth0 scan 
</span><br><br><br><span>Cheers,
</span><br><br><span>&nbsp;Filip.<br><br>ill test it <br></span></div></span><br>                                               <br /><hr />Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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