[sugar] how can communications mode be manually controlled ?

[Martin Dengler]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:48:02AM -0400, Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
>   1) To turn OFF both communication with the mesh and communication
>       with the AP, use the control panel.

Either Network --> Radio or Power --> Extreme Power Management seemed
to work for me.

>      But the control panel only has a checkbox for 'radio' - what if
>       I want to turn OFF both mesh and a *wired* AP ?

What do you mean by "wired AP"?  Perhaps with Extreme Power Management
you can lose the USB bus, which might do something like you want.

>   2) To turn off mesh, click on wireless AP; to turn off wireless AP,
>       click on mesh (assuming no obstacles caused by bugs).

Yes.  If by "turn off" you mean "do not use", in particular.

>      But will the indicated communications mode persist, or will
>       Network Manager soon switch back (e.g., if there is no AP) ?

Whatever you've "click[ed] on" will persist until NM decides it's not
usable any more, roughly.

> mikus

Martin
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