One way to disable a wireless card during startup is to combine the command line method described in a previous post with a batch file that is run during bootup/startup.
Disable Wireless Card Using Command Line
How to enable/disable a wireless card using the command line.
After you have the correct commands working with your setup continue to [...]

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Long Range WiFi
Back in 2005, Team iFiber Redwire “shattered their previous world record of 55.1 miles, and the ground-to-ground amplified record of 82 miles set in Utah. Team iFiber Redwire achieved an unamplified, 124.9-mile, 11-Mbit connection for 3 hours.”
Huge Antennas

One of the biggest myths related to wireless LAN security is that placing an access point [...]

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WiFi Speed Test

Share Your WiFi Speed Test Results
Share your wireless speed test results, especially if you are using a muni WiFi network. Post a comment with the SSID, city/state of muniwireless network and your speeds.

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Winips IP Address Changer
I’m constantly changing the IP address and related settings of my Windows XP machine and found a utility named Winips that makes the task very easy.
Winips is a handy utility that lets you quickly and easily change the IP address of any TCP/IP interface on your computer. It is a single < 100k EXE that [...]

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Why Command Line?
Using the graphical user interface to enable or disable a wireless card is easy but usually requires multiple clicks of the mouse.  Having a command line method to enable/disable a wireless card or any network interface is faster and more powerful. Also, a command line method is easy to use in scripts.
DevCon Utility
To do [...]

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