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#1 2008-12-22 22:17:16
- nTia89
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power off the wireless card
hi to everyone
i have a question
i have a macbook and with mac os x i can power off the wireless card (an atheros.....)
now i have installed the latest arch so i have a dual boot (ps for the guide in /wiki/)
so my question is:
we can power off wireless card from arch so we can save battery ????
other to wireless card in mac os x we can power off bluetooth too .....in arch ???
thks
+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome
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#2 2008-12-23 19:51:23
- nTia89
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Re: power off the wireless card
nobody have any idea ?!?!?
+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome
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#3 2008-12-24 03:33:03
- iphitus
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Re: power off the wireless card
It depends on the hardware...
ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 power ??? (have a look in the man page)
For most, simply rmmod'ing the driver should work.
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#4 2008-12-29 10:28:05
- nTia89
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Re: power off the wireless card
It depends on the hardware...
ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 power ??? (have a look in the man page)For most, simply rmmod'ing the driver should work.
thks
+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome
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#5 2008-12-29 18:43:57
- kludge
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Re: power off the wireless card
nTia89: if this worked for ya, please mark the thread [SOLVED]. thx!
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