Radio Device Wizard¶
The Radio Device Wizard provides the capability to enable or disable builtin bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WWAN devices triggered by certain events. It is implemented in the optional package tlp-rdw.
Note
The Radio Device Wizard needs Network Manager as a prerequisite.
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_*_CONNECT¶
Disable on Network Connect
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_LAN_CONNECT="wifi wwan"
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_WIFI_CONNECT="wwan"
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_WWAN_CONNECT="wifi"
When a LAN, Wi-Fi or WWAN connection has been established, the stated radio devices are disabled:
- bluetooth
- wifi – Wireless LAN
- wwan – Wireless Wide Area Network (3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE, 5G)
Multiple devices are separated with blanks.
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_*_DISCONNECT¶
Enable on Network Disconnect
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_LAN_DISCONNECT="wifi wwan"
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_WIFI_DISCONNECT=""
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_WWAN_DISCONNECT=""
When a LAN, Wi-Fi, WWAN connection has been disconnected, the stated radio devices are enabled.
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE/DISABLE_ON_DOCK¶
Enable/Disable on Dock
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_DOCK=""
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_DOCK=""
After docking the stated radio devices are enabled/disabled.
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE/DISABLE_ON_UNDOCK¶
Enable/Disable on Undock
DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_UNDOCK="wifi"
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_UNDOCK=""
After undocking the stated radio devices are enabled/disabled.