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by genyap
31 Mar 2012, 07:29
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)
Replies: 8
Views: 7046

Re: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)

Any results ? Any suggestions from driver/kernel supporters ? What about reg domain ?

As temporary solution I use ifconfig wlan0 up/down in order to toggle WIFI. But after bringing wlan0 up again my real wireless bitrate drops from 45-50 Mb/s down to 23 Mb/s (maximum of 802.11 g ). To regain high ...
by genyap
09 Mar 2012, 02:37
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)
Replies: 8
Views: 7046

Re: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)

From power consuming side wireless NIC will still hogs some power. Maybe even, some low level broadcasting (like SSID). Driver has to know how to suspend NIC in order to save power. Same technique is used in laptops.
And just to clarify: I'm unable to do physical measurements.
Weird thing is that ...
by genyap
09 Mar 2012, 02:22
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)
Replies: 8
Views: 7046

Re: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)

Come on guys, do you realy believe ifdown power downs device ? As I know it just stops driver from servicing the NIC. But I need totally different: I need software way to disconnect device on hardware level . Those of you aware of OpenWRT devices probably heard of same utility wlc for Broadcom based ...
by genyap
08 Mar 2012, 13:50
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)
Replies: 8
Views: 7046

B3 Wireless power control (on/ff)

I've got everything updated and running fine with my B3 Wifi .
root@b3:/# uname -a
Linux b3 2.6.39.4-9 #1 Wed Jan 18 18:52:34 FET 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux

But my biggest concern that keeps me from being 100% satisfied is wireless NIC control. It is important for me for power and radio emission ...