mhh, I must be blind! Thanks it worked perfectly by using "disable ath".
----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> To: "misc@openbsd.org" <misc@openbsd.org> Cc: Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:39 PM Subject: Re: How to disable wireless card ath0 On Oct 24 12:42:10, ML mail wrote: > Hello, > > I am running OpenBSD 4.9 i386 on an Apple Mac mini and these mac mini > have one ethernet as well as one wireless card. I will only be using the > ethernet card so I wanted to be sure that my ath0 is disabled and not all the > time scanning. Basically I would like it to be off so that it doesn't emit any > radio signals. > > If I don't configure the card is this already the case? or do > I need to enforce this through an ifconfig ath0 down? I couldn't find anything > about this topic on the FAQ... http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BootConfig