Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 09:30:22 +0200 wrote: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:23:49PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! All, > > > > It has become necessary to move this box to a different room where a > > wired ethernet connection is impractical. So, I'm going wireless with > > it. USB. No proble

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-07 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:23:49PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Hi! All, > > It has become necessary to move this box to a different room where a > wired ethernet connection is impractical. So, I'm going wireless with > it. USB. No problem with that, but . . . What's the easiest way to > pre

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Felix Miata
Patrick Bartek composed on 2019-07-06 21:42 (UTC-0700): > I use Post-It Notes. Just stick one on the back of the box and when > next I plug in the ethernet cable, I'll see it. Very low tech, but it > works. The stickum on those doesn't stick well enough to the corrosion layers on the backs of mi

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:07:49 -0400 songbird wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > songbird wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> ... > >> > >> disable it via the BIOS? > > > > Hadn't thought of that. > > > > Thanks > > y.w. sometimes a good idea to disable things like that > since it ca

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread songbird
Patrick Bartek wrote: > songbird wrote: >> Patrick Bartek wrote: >> ... >> >> disable it via the BIOS? > > Hadn't thought of that. > > Thanks y.w. sometimes a good idea to disable things like that since it can also give a power savings. i turn off USB ports, etc. that also aren't being used

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 18:16:32 -0400 songbird wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > ... > > disable it via the BIOS? Hadn't thought of that. Thanks B

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread songbird
Patrick Bartek wrote: ... disable it via the BIOS? songbird

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 06/07/2019 à 23:02, Joe a écrit : On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:23:49 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: I'm going wireless with it. USB. No problem with that, but . . . What's the easiest way to prevent the wired ethernet (built-in on motherboard) from starting up? I was thinking of just commenting it

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:02:08 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:23:49 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Hi! All, > > > > It has become necessary to move this box to a different room where a > > wired ethernet connection is impractical. So, I'm going wireless with > > it. USB. No prob

Re: Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Joe
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:23:49 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > Hi! All, > > It has become necessary to move this box to a different room where a > wired ethernet connection is impractical. So, I'm going wireless with > it. USB. No problem with that, but . . . What's the easiest way to > prevent t

Disable Wired Ethernet at Boot

2019-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
Hi! All, It has become necessary to move this box to a different room where a wired ethernet connection is impractical. So, I'm going wireless with it. USB. No problem with that, but . . . What's the easiest way to prevent the wired ethernet (built-in on motherboard) from starting up? I was th