[Ti] network location with Airport defaulting to turned off?

[Justin R. Miller]

On Nov 17, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Dave Friesen wrote:

> I just leave the Airport on at work. But I use DHCP at home and work.
>
> Are you sure it actually causes any problems? Or, just how serious are 
> these problems? Does the log traffic affect the network or just the 
> internal logs?

It's not a big problem at all, just that some BSD boxes note that two 
different MAC addresses keep advertising the same IP address over and 
over again...

> Perhaps there is an AppleScript or even some script at the command 
> line to turn off the Airport if it's not getting a signal. But I'd 
> like to know how you plan to automate turning the Airport back on (ie, 
> how will it know that you're home?)
>
> Suck it up. There has got to be things in your life that cause you 
> more concern than this. :-)

Oh, there most certainly are.  However, I have a weak spot for fun 
little behind-the-scenes toggles and switches that are generally 
unknown, and my curiosity was by far the motivating factor in actually 
asking the question :-)

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