"Jack-MVP" <j***@discussgroups.com> wrote in message news:Ozvu1V21JHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> You do not need to switch the Radio Off. From the Network Center drag a link
> of the Wireless Network Connection to the desktop.
> Right click on the icon and you can disable the Wireless.  a second right
> click and you can choose to enable it again.
> If the Wireless connector is disabled the Wireless does not work.
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
>
> "Daddy" <daddy@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uj1Ra4w1JHA.4416@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I have Windows XP Home SP 3 and manage my wireless network with Wirelezz
> Zero. Works great--I prefer it to the utility that came from the
> manufacturer of my wireless equipment (D-Link.)
>
> My network uses WPA2 but when my son wants to play online with his Nintendo
> DS Lite, I have to switch the network to WEP. D-Link's utility had a setting
> that allowed me 'turn off' the radio' on wireless network clients,
> effectively disconnecting them from the network. That way, we could use our
> computer safely, albeit not online, while my son was playing with his DS.
>
> Is there a similar 'turn off/turn on radio' feature with Wireless Zero?
>
> Daddy
>
>

"Jack-MVP" <j***@discussgroups.com> wrote in message
news:Ozvu1V21JHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> You do not need to switch the Radio Off. From the Network Center drag a
> link
> of the Wireless Network Connection to the desktop.
> Right click on the icon and you can disable the Wireless.  a second right
> click and you can choose to enable it again.
> If the Wireless connector is disabled the Wireless does not work.
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
>
> "Daddy" <daddy@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uj1Ra4w1JHA.4416@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I have Windows XP Home SP 3 and manage my wireless network with Wirelezz
> Zero. Works great--I prefer it to the utility that came from the
> manufacturer of my wireless equipment (D-Link.)
>
> My network uses WPA2 but when my son wants to play online with his
> Nintendo
> DS Lite, I have to switch the network to WEP. D-Link's utility had a
> setting
> that allowed me 'turn off' the radio' on wireless network clients,
> effectively disconnecting them from the network. That way, we could use
> our
> computer safely, albeit not online, while my son was playing with his DS.
>
> Is there a similar 'turn off/turn on radio' feature with Wireless Zero?
>
> Daddy
>
>

"Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message news:%23RNgVA$1JHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Daddy wrote:
>> I have Windows XP Home SP 3 and manage my wireless network with Wirelezz Zero. Works great--I prefer it to the utility that came from the manufacturer of my wireless equipment (D-Link.)
>>
>> My network uses WPA2 but when my son wants to play online with his Nintendo DS Lite, I have to switch the network to WEP. D-Link's utility had a setting that allowed me 'turn off' the radio' on wireless network clients, effectively disconnecting them from the network. That way, we could use our computer safely, albeit not online, while my son was playing with his DS.
>>
>> Is there a similar 'turn off/turn on radio' feature with Wireless Zero?
>>
>> Daddy
>
> No, WZC has no such feature. To make the story short, this is because
> there is no way to turn radio off thru software *reliably*,
> and Microsoft does not want to take responsibility.
> All portables with built in wi-fi adapters these days
> have a *hardware* switch. When you need the radio off,
> you just turn it off, and see the "wireless LED" goes off. No fiddling
> with software.
>
> Regards,
> --pa
>

On May 18, 8:37 pm, "Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote:
> Daddy wrote:
> > I have Windows XP Home SP 3 and manage my wireless network with Wirelezz Zero. Works great--I prefer it to the utility that came from the manufacturer of my wireless equipment (D-Link.)
>
> > My network uses WPA2 but when my son wants to play online with his Nintendo DS Lite, I have to switch the network to WEP. D-Link's utility had a setting that allowed me 'turn off' the radio' on wireless network clients, effectively disconnecting them from the network. That way, we could use our computer safely, albeit not online, while my son was playing with his DS.
>
> > Is there a similar 'turn off/turn on radio' feature with Wireless Zero?
>
> > Daddy
>
> No, WZC has no such feature. To make the story short, this is because
> there is no way to turn radio off thru software *reliably*,
> and Microsoft does not want to take responsibility.
> All portables with built in wi-fi adapters these days
> have a *hardware* switch. When you need the radio off,
> you just turn it off, and see the "wireless LED" goes off. No fiddling
> with software.
>
> Regards,
> --pa

> On May 18, 8:37 pm, "Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote:
>> Daddy wrote:
>>> I have Windows XP Home SP 3 and manage my wireless network with Wirelezz Zero. Works great--I prefer it to the utility that came from the manufacturer of my wireless equipment (D-Link.)
>>> My network uses WPA2 but when my son wants to play online with his Nintendo DS Lite, I have to switch the network to WEP. D-Link's utility had a setting that allowed me 'turn off' the radio' on wireless network clients, effectively disconnecting them from the network. That way, we could use our computer safely, albeit not online, while my son was playing with his DS.
>>> Is there a similar 'turn off/turn on radio' feature with Wireless Zero?
>>> Daddy
>> No, WZC has no such feature. To make the story short, this is because
>> there is no way to turn radio off thru software *reliably*,
>> and Microsoft does not want to take responsibility.
>> All portables with built in wi-fi adapters these days
>> have a *hardware* switch. When you need the radio off,
>> you just turn it off, and see the "wireless LED" goes off. No fiddling
>> with software.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --pa
>
> There is a "software" method of turning off the wireless "adapter's"
> radio.  It is a setting within the driver.  Since the drivers are not
> written by Microsoft, there will not be an easy way of accessing this.