[sugar] how can communications mode be manually controlled ?
Martin Dengler
martin at martindengler.com
Tue Aug 26 01:54:33 EDT 2008
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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