Re: Prevent auto scan in wireless devices

[Rui Tiago Cação Matos <tiagomatos gmail com>]

2009/2/1 Marc Herbert <Marc Herbert gmail com>:
>>> > But at the end of the day, if you want to save power, you'll want to
>>> > turn off the wifi chipset when the user isn't going to use it.
>
> Well, not necessarily. With my hardware, turning off background scanning
> seems enough to save power.

Right click the NM applet, uncheck "Enable wireless". When you want to
connect to something again check it again. Isn't that good enough for
you?

Rui