Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: wifi searching on el cap Date: 4 Feb 2017 01:43:32 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net b1Gf+ONhS/9QIymkR8c4QwFEsYw8xwIe7u+hjw4D2AJNoawXT0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qIwwsMrpBwtytDuxooBUk2XrxtY= sha1:oFsctqnf9YbPXgaojvFbumMYwLw= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.2 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:99448 Electric Comet wrote: > maybe this is a feature of wifi or wifi chips even > > is there any way to shutoff the constant quest for new aps It's not constant. > once i have a wifi connection it seems that the mbp still looks for > new aps Only because you are telling it to. Stop viewing the list of available access points and it will stop updating said list. If you are pulling down the WiFi menu, then of course the access point list will update periodically while you are viewing the list. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR