-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ralph Boland wrote: > I am running Ubuntu 9.04. > I have Internet service with Shaw and a wireless router > (Linksyswrt54gv6) that I am directly connected to. > A roomate is connected to the router wirelessly. He uses windows. :-( > Recently someone moved into the downstairs apartment > and is now also connected wirelessly to the router. She uses a Mac. > > 2 issues: > > 1) The Internet light on the router is always flashing. > Shouldn't it only be flashing when there is Internet traffic? > Is there any setting of the router that I can do to fix this > assuming it is a problem? > This is normal (for cable) and there is nothing you can do about it. I just ignore that light since it does not tell me anything useful about my connection (unless it is dark, then I usually have to call Shaw). There is also nothing inherently bad in this either.
> 2) Since the Mac was connected the wireless light is always flashing. > Before it only flashed when the windows user was using the wireless. > What do I do so that the wireless list flashes only when there > is Internet traffic? > I suppose this is really a Mac question but I wouldn't know how > to fix this problem if she was using Linux either (if it would be > a problem on Linux that is). Disable bonjour, on some non-mac platforms it is sometimes called zeroconf, you may also have some individual pieces called multicast-DNS (mDNS) as well as other "serverless" communication packages. Fortunately you do not have to worry about it most of the time. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq75YAACgkQwRXgH3rKGfNOXwCfTqKxQcgh1XYO7lL6Ykr2G5+v 45YAoJJdXOG/ewbD7lR+NDU1ptD2Oc6W =8UWz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
