On 03/18/14 10:14, CS_DBA wrote: > > On 03/17/2014 06:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote: >>> I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to use "blacklist": >> That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and easily reversible for testing purposes. Just my opinion. >> >> > > I did not see a way to do it via the gui but creating the blacklist file worked and my new wireless dongle works great! > Happy to hear all is now working..... FWIW, if you go to here.... https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2H9v1dYNcvpd1FpczJ0QklJelE&usp=sharing You'd see 3 snapshots of the Network Manager GUI on KDE. one6.jpeg shows 2 wireless links up and configured and attached to an AP. one7.jpeg shows the one link with its associated "Disconnect" button displayed. After clicking on it.... one8.jpeg shows that interface disconnected and it will remain disconnected until manually re-connected. And..... [egreshko@meimei 2014]$ iwconfig wlp4s0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off lo no wireless extensions. p128p1 no wireless extensions. wlp0s26u1u4 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"misty-net" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: AC:22:0B:D1:5D:70 Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:6 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0 Shows the interface to be "idle" -- Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org