Does closing the laptop disconnect from wifi?
The manager here in our park has requested that we manually disconnect from the wifi each time we're finished using it. They contend that just closing the laptop leaves it connected to the wifi and c...
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2oldman wrote:westernrvparkowner wrote:Oh for cripes sake... my point isn't to disconnect in the middle of something. Just like my phone hotspot.. it'll turn off after about 15 minutes of non-activity.2oldman wrote:That's great until YOU get disconnected in the middle of something important.
It would be better for everyone if this park owner installed software on his end to disconnect after a pre-determined period of time.
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2oldman..
I guess YOU have never experienced AOL dialup back in the day?
You would often get disconnected due to high traffic after 2 PM to midnight.. Would often take several hrs an evening to connect long enough to read one email with text only.. Emails with pictures.. never happened.. and surfing the net was a luxury if you managed to get 10 minutes without the dreaded "goodbye" disconnect sound :S
Folks, just turn off the PC when done.
Win7 and Win8 boot fast from cold start so there is ZERO reasons to leave it on all the time..
Additionally when the PC is on it is continually polling for software updates which creates a lot of unneeded network traffic.
WiFi by its nature IS a "limited" resource, please be kind to other campers and not hog it.
