From: Ronald <ronald645@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bcm4311 shuts down on closing lid (intended?)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:16:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47876C32.8090004@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1200052973.3861.167.camel@johannes.berg>
>> The b43 driver in the linux kernel 2.6.24-rc7 works really good :) .
>> Keep it up! However, one thing is bugging me: Why does the card stop
>> sending/receiving packets when I close the lid? Is this behaviour
>> intended in the new driver? If yes, can I disable it?
>
> We had this before. You're wrong, the software isn't shut down. But the
> antenna in your laptop is in the screen so you're moving it from upright
> to horizontal which makes your signal strength drop enough to not work
> any more.
>
> johannes
So that means the other drivers (bcm43xx and ndiswrapper) provided
enough signal strength to keep the wireless going even when it was
horizontal?
Ronald
P.S. I want to add my wireless card to the list (of working cards) (it's
not dell). How can I do this?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-11 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-10 19:20 Bcm4311 shuts down on closing lid (intended?) Ronald
2008-01-10 19:28 ` Michael Buesch
2008-01-11 5:43 ` Ronald
2008-01-11 15:28 ` Michael Buesch
2008-01-11 20:08 ` Ronald
2008-01-11 12:02 ` Johannes Berg
2008-01-11 13:16 ` Ronald [this message]
2008-01-11 14:47 ` Johannes Berg
2008-01-11 15:10 ` Ronald
2008-01-11 21:47 ` Johannes Berg
2008-01-12 9:14 ` Ronald
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