Re: [Madwifi-users] Madwifi power consumption
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From: Daniel <ga...@ma...> - 2005-01-06 20:09:07
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Greg, thanks for the clarification. Best regards, Daniel Am Donnerstag, den 06.01.2005, 11:19 -0800 schrieb Greg Chesson: > When you "ifdown ath0" the interface, the driver shuts off power. > You might still see an LED, but no worries. > I can't swear that the current sourceforge driver is correct in all > respects, > but some effort went in to checking that. > > In addition there are various low-power partially-awake modes > where the hw mostly goes to sleep but wakes up to grab beacons > and check for pending data. This power-saving mode has not been > implemented yet in the driver. > > g > > Daniel wrote: > > Hello, > > as I didn't found an answer on the list, I would like to repeat a > > question that was raised on this list about half a year ago. > > Maybe Sam or Greg can give us an answer on this: > > > > Is there any low-power or deep sleep mode implemented that stops the > > wifi chipset from draining battery power while the interface is shut > > down (ifconfig ath0 down) or do I have to unload the driver to save > > power? > > I would like not to since I have some software that would like to see > > the interface. On the other hand I don't want to waste battery power > > when the wifi connection is not in use. > > > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > > _______________________________________________ > > Madwifi-users mailing list > > Mad...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-users > |