Re: NM tidbits

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Quoting Robert Love <rml novell com>:

> On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 18:01 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> > What about atheros people who lose connectivity during the scan?
> > (Or has that been fixed in the driver?)
>
> That stupid ass problem has been fixed in madwifi-ng.

Ahh, then perhaps it's time for me to update my driver!  Thanks.

> But note that since, as Dan said, 'Enable Wireless' now turns off all
> wireless (not just scanning) that point is already moot.  The decision
> is whether to offer an option to turn of all wireless, an option to turn
> off everything, or both.

I think an "airplane mode" is important..  Clearly we
want a way to turn off wireless..   I also think having a control
to turn off wireless separate from wired is also important, but I'm not
sure I can provide a good reason why I think it's important.  The only
reason I can think is if you don't want to unplug the physical wire
but still want to switch over to a different network infrastructure....

> 	Robert Love

-derek

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