If I disable the WIFI card from the device manager, is it truly off?

And, FWIW, I just did a test using Vistumbler to see if my Gateway M285's
WiFi goes radio silent when "turned off"

It did.

YMMV


"Val" <vmanes@NOSPAMrap.midco.net> wrote in message
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Oops, sorry, Netstumbler doesn't work in Vista (yet). There are several
similar tools for Vista, such as
http://www.techidiots.net/project-pages/vistumbler


"Val" <vmanes@NOSPAMrap.midco.net> wrote in message
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Probably the only way you're going to know for sure is to test one of your
laptops.

Get a copy of Netstumbler. http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

Running it on one machine, make sure you can detect the candidate machine
in AdHoc mode.

Turn off the candidate machines WiFi. Can you hear it now?


"jxzkzwdlq" <jxzkzwdlq@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:47b6597d$0$25990$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
my question is for a hospital with disabled kids
that they will be given a charity with laptops, they will have lan cables
and wifi but it would be good to know
if turning on and off the wifi would reduce their exposure

some are under 10 and some are very sick

any more awful mean comments?


"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
> news:%237uawFFcIHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Are you a Mormon by any chance?
>
>
> I meant Quaker!
>
> Sorry to call you a Mormon. They are just a bit too weird.
>
> ss.
>



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