No, I am not kidding - even if it was cursory and involved usage of the search function.
Yes, I may have missed the answer even if it was staring me in the face (I guarantee it wasn't in the first 50 threads though).
Yes, I have tried turning it off and on again via BIOS and can do so.
My objective:
1. Set wifi to normally off hardware status on boot without messing with the BIOS settings.
2. Retain the option to turn wifi hardware on after boot without going back to BIOS and messing with settings again.
I.E. I want to have to turn the hardware on - not have to turn it off.
Even when I turn the wifi off using the system tray icon, it clearly does not turn the hardware off, due to the fact it can see available networks.
Granted, a receiver is not a transmitter. However, I still want the complete hardware off, not just the transmitter off.
The reason:
I don't want more RF transmission than necessary in my living area thanks. I'm an electrician, I know I picked the wrong trade for it, but I can mitigate it at home.
So, without further ado, here is the system info dump for your perusal and (hopefully) insight. Even if a solution is not available yet, any pointers in even a hopefully correct direction are appreciated.
My system:
Terminal command / readout:
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:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco 1.24.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GT72 2QD v: REV:0.C
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1781 v: REV:0.C serial: <filter>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: E1781IMS.10T date: 05/19/2015
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 75.2 Wh condition: 75.2/86.6 Wh (87%) volts: 12.5/11.1
model: MSI BTY-M6D type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4720HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 41505
Speed: 1497 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1497 2: 1498
3: 1497 4: 1497 5: 1497 6: 1497 7: 1497 8: 1496
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:13d8
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: none unloaded: nvidia
compositor: marco v: 1.24.0 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:8c20
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbb
Device-3: Kingston HyperX Virtual Surround Sound type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 3-4:2 chip ID: 0951:16a4
serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-81-generic
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: alx v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1969:e091
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Bigfoot Networks Killer N1525 Wireless-AC driver: ath10k_pci
v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 168c:003e
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb
bus ID: 1-1.3:3 chip ID: 0cf3:3004
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 201.19 GiB (7.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 931.51 GiB used: 100.60 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1
ID-2: /home size: 931.51 GiB used: 100.60 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdc1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 45 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
Info:
Processes: 267 Uptime: 1h 47m Memory: 31.32 GiB used: 3.10 GiB (9.9%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.0.38