wireless router flashing

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b0untypure1

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#41865 24-Sep-2009 15:45

hello there,
im wondering if there is a mode or way that the internet can be used, without the router lights flashing.
i understand the whole point of the lights is to flash when in use, but is there like a stealth mode?
the lights flash and wake up my parents, so i cant go on the net at night =[
hope someone has an idea.
thanks

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#258100 24-Sep-2009 15:53

Black electrical tape over the LEDs should do it.

tonyhughes

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#258102 24-Sep-2009 15:57

What a combination - you couldn't predict that easily!

You need to use the net.
The router lights are within view of their sleeping position.
They sleep so lightly that a blinking LED wakes them up!

Sucks for you!

Move the router to a different room? Turn it round 180 degrees? Get your olds to toughen up? Sellotape a piece of card over the lights? Black the lights out with marker? Cut the LEDs out?

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#258109 24-Sep-2009 16:19

If you really wanted help with your router, then it would be good to provide us with a make and model.

Tony, what about using dial up? I hear they flash soo slowly that it would not wake you up, anymore than the sun rising in the morning.

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#258112 24-Sep-2009 16:33

RFC1149 will ensure no flashing lights (and zero power usage too). But the latency is above average.

soleil24

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#258113 24-Sep-2009 16:33

or, thinking outside the box...

fix the real problem with these !

obviously they are not IPv6 compliant so a future upgrade may be necessary...

IG

b0untypure1

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#258115 24-Sep-2009 16:41

i have the thomson telecom one >.<
not dial up...broadband, flashes like nuts.
i think they come out to spy on me =[
i will try the black tape though =]
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#258464 26-Sep-2009 01:01

once you've sorted out the LED's - are you going to turn off your screen - the light might disturb them? ;-) lol...

I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code

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#258590 26-Sep-2009 17:23

nah man. just play under my blankets =[]