Re: Thinkpad overheating when talking to a D-Link wireless AP

"David W. Chapman Jr." <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:01:32AM -0700, robert Backhaus wrote:
> 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.?

The 900-AP might be a hub, but I believe the 5000AP is supposed to be 
a switch as it does CSMA/CA instead of /CD

would that be a correct assumtion if it does do the CA instead of 
CD.  I'm only vouching for the 5000AP

> > I noticed that my -STABLE thinkpad X23 gets very hot
> > when talking to a
> > D-LINK DWL900-AP but not to other access points. It
> > will get uncomfortably
> > hot, and the fan would go to high (loud) mode.
> 
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David W. Chapman Jr.
[email protected]	Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
[email protected]	FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>

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