shutting off wireless for air travel

[David W Hogg]

Thanks for this -- I did do this a few days ago, and after doing it, I
could still see wireless networks in my neighborhood.  Should I be
concerned?

On Jan 3, 2008 11:36 AM, Phil Bordelon <phil at thenexusproject.org> wrote:
> David W Hogg wrote:
> > Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1 laptops
> > so that they may be used on an airplane legally?  I am about to fly
> > with mine.
>
> Yup.  Open up the Terminal activity, then:
>
>     sugar-control-panel -s radio off
>
> You can '-s radio on' when you're back on the ground.
>
> See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel for more.
>
> Phil B.
>



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David W. Hogg - associate professor, NYU - http://cosmo.nyu.edu/hogg/