 C-860 & Ambicom Wifi Card, Why is it zapping my battery ??? |
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 Jun 4 2007, 05:06 PM
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A few months back I picked up an Ambicom WiFi card for my Zaurus. It works great - just plug it in and connect. I'm pretty sure it's this guy: http://www.ambicom.com/products/wave2net/wl1100c-cf.html
The problem is that it kills my battery - I can get about an hour of surf time before my battery goes yellow then I get the "connect to AC power" message. I'm on a pretty new battery too; I just got it this February and have only charged it about 5 times. I can use AC power but I don't want to kill the battery prematurely. Is there some way to throttle the power consumption? Thanks for any advice! |
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Jan 11 2008, 02:31 PM
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I've found that if you add "power 1" to the end of your wireless command string, eg:
CODE iwconfig mode managed essid yourssid key yourkey power 1 You get better battery life. The card also stays cooler. |
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pdahero C-860 & Ambicom Wifi Card Jun 4 2007, 05:06 PM
MP2100 QUOTE(pdahero @ Jun 4 2007, 09:06 PM)A few mo... Jul 31 2007, 09:22 AM Omicron I know the WIFI cards suck tons of juice, which is... Sep 4 2007, 05:38 PM pelrun Roughly 1.5 hours or so on wifi from a full batter... Sep 4 2007, 07:48 PM
cptpike My ambicom with my c1000 does the exact same thing... Jan 11 2008, 09:54 AM speculatrix I found that using a bluetooth adaptor and PAN gav... Jan 12 2008, 01:09 PM cptpike QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jan 11 2008, 04:31 PM) ... Feb 18 2008, 09:19 AM Capn_Fish Cacko does have the iwconfig command, but you need... Feb 18 2008, 04:08 PM cptpike QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Feb 18 2008, 06:08 PM) ... Feb 19 2008, 02:17 PM Capn_Fish Oops, my command didn't show up as I typed it,... Feb 19 2008, 02:29 PM cptpike QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Feb 19 2008, 04:29 PM) ... Feb 27 2008, 07:22 AM Capn_Fish Yes, it matters very much. For WPA, set up /etc/wp... Feb 27 2008, 03:19 PM |
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