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    [M17x-R2] Can the Wireless Media button switch WiFi only?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mitchell2.24v, May 5, 2010.

  1. Mitchell2.24v

    Mitchell2.24v Notebook Evangelist

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    Received my M17x-Rw this monday, and I'm very happy with it so far. It's a beast, but an elegant one :)

    Anyway, I've got a small gripe with the media / wireless button. On all my previous notebooks I could configure the wireless button to only switch the WiFi. As I'm using a BT Mouse I would like to keep BT turned on at all times, while I don't need the WiFi to be on for most of the time.

    I haven't found a way to do this on the M17x. A search through this forum also didn't really help me out...

    Does anyone here know of a way to configure the wireless button like this?

    Thanks!
     
    Mitchell2.24v, May 5, 2010
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  2. graye

    graye Newbie

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    Yeah, that button is the "air plane mode"... a complete and total shutdown of all radios.

    A clumbsy answer is to use the DEVCON command line tool to essentally enable or disable the WAN adapter. You should be able to create shortcuts on you desktop that launch those commands.

    Enable/disable a device from the command line
     
    graye, Jun 28, 2010
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    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    The actual button I don't think so...you can either use the answer graye gave or one thing I've found that I like is RocketDock it has a network center button that takes you straight to the page to shut it off, it's very simple and fast.
     
    DaneGRClose, Jun 28, 2010
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    just open network connections.
     
    ZenithNoesis, Jun 28, 2010
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  5. Mitchell2.24v

    Mitchell2.24v Notebook Evangelist

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    That seems like a nice solution. thanks!

    I like graye's solution, but will have a look at RocketDock!

    How is this a usefull answer? I know that's possible, but I'm looking for a better solution.
     
    Mitchell2.24v, Jun 28, 2010
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