{"id":8095,"date":"2018-08-28T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8095"},"modified":"2018-08-28T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:58:32","slug":"add-disconnect-wifi-option-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/add-disconnect-wifi-option-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip: Add Disconnect Wifi Option in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After solved the no wifi adapter issue, I found that in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Shell, there&#8217;s no <b>Disconnect Wifi<\/b> option in system tray wireless menu.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s inconvenient when I&#8217;m going to connect to wired network and temporarily disable wifi connection. Fortunately, there&#8217;s a Gnome extension that adds a <b>Disconnect<\/b> option for Wifi in status menu, and a <b>Reconnect<\/b> option will be there when wireless network is disconnected. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wifi-disconnect-option-600x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wifi-disconnect-option-600x361.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wifi-disconnect-option-450x271.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wifi-disconnect-option.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To install the extension, simply open <b>Ubuntu Software<\/b>, search for and install <b>Disconnect wifi<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disconnect-wifi-600x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"249\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disconnect-wifi-600x249.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disconnect-wifi-450x186.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disconnect-wifi-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disconnect-wifi.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see the new options once you installed the extension. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After solved the no wifi adapter issue, I found that in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Shell, there&#8217;s no Disconnect Wifi option in system tray wireless menu. It&#8217;s inconvenient when I&#8217;m going to connect to wired network and temporarily disable wifi connection. Fortunately, there&#8217;s a Gnome extension that adds a Disconnect option for Wifi in status menu, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1571],"class_list":["post-8095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-disconnect-wifi-in-ubuntu-18-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}