Le mercredi 30 janvier 2008 à 08:49 -0600, TStrube (at) otpco (dot) com [email concealed] a écrit :
> I believe the switch just powers off the wireless transceiver in most
> laptop models. A detailed schematic of each laptop may be needed to
> confirm.
Actually, I found different situations. My IPW3945 is aware of the
switch being on or off through the driver. My old Atheros was not. But I
never saw a device disappeared, i.e. being powered off.
My guess is... It depends... On the laptop wiring and the adapter
ability to take this in account.
My 0.0133EUR.
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> I believe the switch just powers off the wireless transceiver in most
> laptop models. A detailed schematic of each laptop may be needed to
> confirm.
Actually, I found different situations. My IPW3945 is aware of the
switch being on or off through the driver. My old Atheros was not. But I
never saw a device disappeared, i.e. being powered off.
My guess is... It depends... On the laptop wiring and the adapter
ability to take this in account.
My 0.0133EUR.
--
http://sid.rstack.org/
PGP KeyID: 157E98EE FingerPrint: FA62226DA9E72FA8AECAA240008B480E157E98EE
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>> Copy me to your signature file and help me spread!
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