Disable WiFi orbit?

[ksullivan86]

It would be great to be able to disable the WiFi on a Rayhunter as I am sure most of us already have crowded enough airwaves as it is due to many WiFi networks in the area, and adding another from the rayhunter isn't ideal. I have an orbic and it seems that WiFi can not be disabled as when I turn off the 5ghz hotspot network the 2.4ghz turns on. I am wondering if there is a update or something for the orbic to be able to disable the WiFi and then enable it when you have something to look at or use usb tether (if that works). Maybe there is another device that allows disabling WiFi?

[oopsbagel]

Hi @ksullivan86 , please try these instructions in our FAQ to disable the wifi: https://efforg.github.io/rayhunter/faq.html#how-do-i-disable-the-wifi-hotspot-on-the-orbic-rc400l

[ksullivan86]

I tried running:
installer util shell "echo 9 > /usrdata/mode.cfg"
installer util shell reboot

with ubuntu 24.04 and I got the following error: installer: command not found. I am in the folder with the rayhunter files as ls shows the installer. I have the 0.5.0 version of rayhunter installed

I tried to mannly add edit mode.cfg but I get permission issues. I tried to use su but it asks for a password and I dont know what to put, I tried the wifi password like the orbic web server but that also didnt work.

[untitaker]

you need to run ./installer instead of installer

[ksullivan86]

I see the FAQ has been updated, I tried what you suggested and got a differnet error:

ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64$ sudo ./installer util shell "echo 9 > /usrdata/mode.cfg"
error: unexpected argument 'echo 9 > /usrdata/mode.cfg' found

Usage: installer util shell

I used cat to view mode.cfg and it has a 1 in the file.

[untitaker]

I think you might have to use ./installer util serial ... instead of shell, or launch ./installer util shell, then run /bin/rootshell inside of that prompt, then run the echo command inside of that prompt

[ksullivan86]

well I tried all those suggestions and I am still getting erros:

ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64$ adb devices
List of devices attached
e2b8abc6 device

ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64$ ./installer util shell
opening shell

Failed to open shell on Orbic RC400L

Caused by:
The Orbic is plugged in but is being used by another program.

Please close any program that might be using your USB devices.
If you have adb installed you may need to kill the adb daemon

I tried as root:

root@laptop-ubuntu-virtual-machine:/home/kevin/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64# adb devices
List of devices attached
e2b8abc6 device

root@laptop-ubuntu-virtual-machine:/home/kevin/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64# ./installer util shell
opening shell

Failed to open shell on Orbic RC400L

Caused by:
The Orbic is plugged in but is being used by another program.

Please close any program that might be using your USB devices.
If you have adb installed you may need to kill the adb daemon

root@ubuntu-virtual-machine:/home/kevin/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64# ./installer util serial "echo 9 > /usrdata/mode.cfg"
./installer util serial reboot
Received unexpected response:
NO CARRIER

Timed out reading submitted command

Caused by:
deadline has elapsed

[untitaker]

when you use adb, you need to run adb kill-server afterwards

[ksullivan86]

ok I got it to work after running abd kill-server with as you said ./installer util shell, then run /bin/rootshell inside of that prompt, then run the echo command inside of that prompt.

just for your info I also tried this after killiing the server running :
root@laptop-ubuntu-virtual-machine:/home/kevin/Documents/rayhunter/rayhunter-v0.5.0-linux-x64# ./installer util serial "echo 9 > /usrdata/mode.cfg"
Received unexpected response:
NO CARRIER

Thanks for your help, hopefully my struggle will help others seeking the same result.