[ltp] Wireless things

[Michael Olbrich]

Hi!

Well, that realy depends. I'm not exactly sure about the R51 but on my
R40 the situation is the following:
The led is controled by software. The windows driver makes it light up
whenever it is sending (and reveiving?). My current linux driver lights
it up whenever the card is active (or when the driver is loaded? I'm not
sure right now). That's for the atheros chip with the madwifi driver. 
I am guessing it's the same for the intel chip. 
To make sure you are not sending at all, make sure you unload the
driver. I don't know what the current status is, but with older versions
of the driver that significantly changed the power consumption. Better
save than sorry, right? 

Michael

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 08:58:56PM +0200, Ignacio Fernández Galván wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've never used wireless networking, so excuse my ignorance. The thing is  
> my R51 sometimes lits up that "radio light" (the leftmost of the little  
> green leds at the bottom of the screen). What does it mean?
> 
> Does it mean my computer is sending out some signal? How can I turn that  
> off?
> 
> Does it mean my computer is receiving some signal? How can I get more  
> information about it and, if possible, connect to that network (if any)?
> 
> If it's not clear, I have no wireless network knowingly configured, but  
> there may be some available one in some places I move to...
> 
> Thanks
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