Do you leave wifi connection left on? (DSi owners)

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#1 BigGhostrider12
Member since 2006 • 725 Posts

Does it really drain my power even if i'm not playing multiplayer?

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#2 Yoweeh
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I don't leave my wi-fi on because my neighbors steal it with their XBOX 360. >.>

Uhm, I've never heard of tha but it's possible. Turning the wi-fi settings of on your DS might save power since when they're on the system is always looking for a signal. And with work, there's effort. So when it's looking for a signal as well as running a game it might lose some power. Nothing too significant though.

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#3 dr_doongy
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to be honest, i'm not sure. since you have to manually search for an access point (instead of the dsi automatically searching for one), i don't think it uses any battery power if you do leave it on. i turn it off just in case, but i don't think it makes much of a difference.

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#4 fail_baby
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Yes, but there's an advantage to leaving it on- You connect to wifi instantaneously. Since it's constantly roaming, when you need to use wifi you're already connected. It doesn't drain the battery much faster than usual so it's okay to leave it on sometimes.

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#5 meiaman
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I don't leave my wi-fi on because my neighbors steal it with their XBOX 360. >.>

Uhm, I've never heard of tha but it's possible. Turning the wi-fi settings of on your DS might save power since when they're on the system is always looking for a signal. And with work, there's effort. So when it's looking for a signal as well as running a game it might lose some power. Nothing too significant though.

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If you can prove that, you can sue them. Y`know.
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#6 Karbonize
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I don't leave my wi-fi on because my neighbors steal it with their XBOX 360. >.>

Uhm, I've never heard of tha but it's possible. Turning the wi-fi settings of on your DS might save power since when they're on the system is always looking for a signal. And with work, there's effort. So when it's looking for a signal as well as running a game it might lose some power. Nothing too significant though.

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That's why you should secure your connections =)
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#7 awssk8er716
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It doesn't do anything if it's on besides use a little more battery (Because the yellow light it on). Besides that, it doesn't use additional battery, unless connected.

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#8 child_of_lileth
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I leave mine on, and the battery last just as long.

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#9 KurodaMurasaki
Member since 2008 • 1670 Posts

I think the reason for the option is if you don't ever want to go online with anything. The yellow light is always on to let you know that the Wireless Communications are ready to use at any time. It would've been more useful to me if it turned on while using it, since it flashes slowly when Wi-Fi is in use.

I don't think it will do anything, since Nintendo has it on by default.

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#10 BigGhostrider12
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Yay okay good news i won't have to have my battery on my mind when it's on lol. Thanks everyone : )

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#11 BzPwns
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Mine is on all the time.
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#12 baber0015
Member since 2009 • 83 Posts
I also leave mine on constantly. No point in turning it off i use it too much.