Wow. It seems as though only ScottC and Xyzzy can only understand the goal of not wanting to drag out my laptop just to see if a wireless network exists.
You want to buy a second piece of equipment, one which you will need to carry around in addition to your laptop,
Equipment? You make it sound as if we're talking about some heavy oscilloscope.
The damned thing only weighs an ounce.
Originally Posted by Efrem
What's this about booting up? Doesn't every laptop made for years go into Sleep mode when you close the lid, then wake up in about a tenth of a second when you open it?
Originally Posted by BLI-Flyer
Yes, it's called Hibernate and it does exactly that (except it takes 2 or 3 seconds.)
That's just stupid. That still doesn't solve the fact that I have to either walk around with my laptop open or keep opening and closing it while searching for a connection.
By the time I drag out the notebook, I can already know whether or not there was a Wifi presence. Hibernation still adds more time to the process.
Originally Posted by BLI-Flyer
Besides, some of us have work to do on our laptops even if we can't find a WiFi connection!
And some of us need a connection of some type to do our job. Spare me the attittude.