Stuart F. Biggar wrote: > At 10:40 PM 11/18/2005, you wrote: > >> Hi Stuart, >> >> > I note that if I unconfigure the interface using inetmenu, >> > the wireless light stays on. Is there a way to power off >> > the wireless chipset with the iwi driver? Might be a useful >> > addition for working on an airplane, etc. >> >> This sounds like a great RFE (request for enhancement). >> I assume that this is the behavior you see on Windows >> so it can be done. Cecilia, Judy: can you please add this >> to you to-do list? >> >> - Andrei > > > Andrei, > > On Windows XP (as delivered), hitting Fn-F5 brings up a menu > that has a pushbutton to turn off the wireless radio (if on) > or to turn it on (if off). The indicator light goes off when > you push the off button. > > The same menu allows one to select various wireless profiles > via the so-called "Access Connections" program. So it seems > like the radio control should be able to work via software > control in Solaris and might be included in an enhancement > to inetmenu. > > Thanks for the nice work on making Solaris x86 more useful. > > Stuart > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
If you are talking about # wificonfig -i iwi0 setparam radio=off Yes, it's a great RFE. We can try to find if any walkaround is there. One point, we can't compare Solaris ipw/iwi with Windows XP driver, since Solaris ipw/iwi are using the *opened* firmwares which I believe are different to the ones Windows XP driver is using now. Thanks, -- Cecilia.Hu at Sun.COM Solaris x86 Engineering, Sun Microsystems +86-10-82618200 ext. 82947
