[ltp] Atheros wireless card power consumption

morpheus linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 18 Jul 2004 02:21:49 +0000


You should use:

iwconfig ath0 txpower off

and it will draw no power at all.  To turn it back on again:

iwconfig ath0 txpower auto

The interface being up or down does not affect the transmit power.

-James

On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 07:25, Cameron McCormack wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I have the tri-mode wireless card in my T41p using the madwifi drivers.
> Does the wireless card draw (much) power if the ath_pci modules is
> loaded but the interface is down?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cameron
> 
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