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

Dan Pelleg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
David W. Chapman Jr. writes:
 > 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?
 >  

If it does, then I missed that part of the man page.

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