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Schmolch
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 Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:11 am Post subject: atheros? |
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Hi, could any kind person who uses a atheros chipset tell me if it has working Power Management?
Just try to do "iwconfig eth0 power on" and see if it errors or lists "Power Management: On" when doing iwconfig.
Oh, and the version of the chipset, if available, might also be of interest.
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Ehnvis
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Doesn't work on my laptop with atheros wlan it fails with "SET failed on device ath0 ; Operation not supported"
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wynn
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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No, not here either.
| Code: | 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
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| Code: | lightfoot ~ # iwconfig ath0 power on
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Operation not supported. |
| Code: | lightfoot ~ # eix net-wireless/madwifi-ng
* net-wireless/madwifi-ng
Available versions: 0.1443.20060207 0.1531.20060427
Installed: 0.1531.20060427
Homepage: http://www.madwifi.org/
Description: Next Generation driver for Atheros based IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN cards |
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