I read some previous posts about using 802.11b access points connected to the ethernet port on the Empeg. I love this idea.

Someone else had this idea, but the thread died so I want to bring it up again in hope of some help.

You set the Empeg standby time to 10 minutes. You leave your car with the Empeg in it. You go to your computer, you send songs to the Empeg (for the 10 minutes minus time it takes you to walk to the computer). The Empeg then shuts off and sends a command out of the serial port to cut power to the access point.

I read all of the previous posts on this. Someone mentioned a mosfet transistor. I have no idea how to do this. I found some pages on it but couldn't understand anything and it didn't seem they would work with this design.

I wouldn't want to power the access point from the serial port. That wouldn't provide enough power.

If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Tom