AquaFloe Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I've just gotten 10.6.6 onto my Acer aspire D250 and it's great! Now that I have everything working I'm starting to get a little nit-picky. I have this icon up in my menu bar that won't go away. It's labeled "Network Controller" and it gives an option to "Power off card" when I click on it. It's weird because I have both my ethernet and wifi working perfectly, so that leaves no network adapter unaccounted for. Does anybody know how this icon can be removed? My wifi card is a DW1510 that I installed myself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaFloe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 I figured out this is caused by the wifi card. It works fine until I choose the "power off card" option. Then airport doesn't register that a card is installed. Can someone please help me on this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/#findComment-1659159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I figured out this is caused by the wifi card. It works fine until I choose the "power off card" option. Then airport doesn't register that a card is installed. Can someone please help me on this? Look around in the System Preferences anything I have ever seen like that (the volume control, eject button, UPS ..) all have an option to turn off/on their displaying in the menu bar in it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/#findComment-1659174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaFloe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thanks for the tip, although looking all through networks prefs. I couldn't find any option to turn it off. I did get a screenshot hoping that someone might recognize it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/#findComment-1659236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmare Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 hold command on keyboard and drag out of menubar? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/#findComment-1659267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaFloe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 hold command on keyboard and drag out of menubar? Man, that worked! Thanks so much! Great to know I can do that. EDIT: Shoot, I spoke too soon. It's back after I restarted. Could it be that I need a different kext that would recognize the card correctly? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/251146-how-to-get-rid-of-network-controller-icon/#findComment-1659268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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