Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:16:37 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> Cc: robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad overheating when talking to a D-Link wireless AP Message-ID: <20020715181637.GB90643@leviathan.inethouston.net> In-Reply-To: <15666.57193.675922.101317@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <15666.52258.20053.339128@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> <20020715140132.70772.qmail@web12901.mail.yahoo.com> <15666.57193.675922.101317@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
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On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:42:49AM -0400, Dan Pelleg wrote: > > robert Backhaus writes: > > I May be on the wrong foot, but are they all logically > > switches, or are some hubs? I the D-Link is a logical > > hub, you would be processing many packets, just to see > > they don't apply. Maybe possible.? > > Don't think so. The D-LINK does not broadcast any packets other than > "mine", and that network is very quiet. This theory is also inconsistent > with the fact that the laptop will cool down if I stop using the network. > I've noticed this in windows as well, the card gets very hot. Does the freebsd driver let you change the power settings like you can in windows? -- David W. Chapman Jr. dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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