Turning off Wireless Connection

[Guest]

I just installed a wireless router to my main PC and my notebook runs off
it's internet connection. It's great, until I want to turn off the internet
connection so I can disable Norton Antivirus and other background tasks when
running a game that requires a lot of memory. When I disable the wireless
connection (by hitting Fn + F2 on my Gateway 3550 Gz), it's off, but Windows
keeps searching for a wireless connection, which eats up memory and computer
resources. How can I get it to just stay off the net when I want, then
reconnect when I want without Windows looking for the connection in between?
Thanks.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I just installed a wireless router to my main PC and my notebook runs
off it's internet connection. It's great, until I want to turn off the
internet connection so I can disable Norton Antivirus and other
background tasks when running a game that requires a lot of memory.

Why don't you replace that resource consuming Norton stuff with a free
Anti-Virus. There are many of them around and it's always the best idea
to eliminate the *source* of any problems.

When I disable the wireless connection (by hitting Fn + F2 on my
Gateway 3550 Gz), it's off, but Windows keeps searching for a wireless
connection, which eats up memory and computer resources. How can I get
it to just stay off the net when I want, then reconnect when I want
without Windows looking for the connection in between?

Control Panel > Network Connections > Wireless Network Connection >
right click > Properties > Show icon in System Tray (or similar) > tick.
Now you can connect and disconnect via right click on that tray icon >
Show available wireless Networks (or similar). Translated-on-the-fly.

 

[Guest]

Control Panel > Network Connections > Wireless Network Connection >
right click > Properties > Show icon in System Tray (or similar) > tick.
Now you can connect and disconnect via right click on that tray icon >
Show available wireless Networks (or similar). Translated-on-the-fly.

Thanks for your reply. I also found how to make stop Windows stop looking
for a signal which is what I wanted - In the wireless network properties, in
the connection tab, I just unclicked "connect when this network is in range"
which put the network on demand instead of automatic.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Thanks for your reply. I also found how to make stop Windows stop
looking for a signal which is what I wanted - In the wireless network
properties, in the connection tab, I just unclicked "connect when this
network is in range" which put the network on demand instead of
automatic.

The network connection will also get that status (on demand) when dis-
connecting the way as described in my posting above. Glad that you could
fix your problem.