Do I need to restart the network after WiFi enable/disable?

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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My CLI commands to enable WiFi are:

uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].disabled='0'
uci commit
service network restart

But the last one restarts the full network, and this is not always desired.
Well, I must admit it actually creates just a bit of lag, but is it possible to enable/disable the wireless network without such a complete restarting?

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wifi help
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Yes just run wifi with no parameters.

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Also /etc/init.d/network give you some options too.

  • reload (should only restart what's changed)
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Checked your suggestions.
The best method until now:

uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].disabled='0'
uci commit
wifi reload

This method seems not to produce any lag, at least when testing it with ping (obtained 100% consecutive sequence).

The /etc/init.d/network reload method produce a small 2-3 pings lag (still better than the original service network restart , with 4-6 pings lost)

Thanks you all for your ideas.

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