Hi, > > For comparison, if I plug in and configure my prism2 card to connect > > to the same AP, power consumption goes up by ~ 2 Watts while idling. > > Given that it seems to be possible to build a wifi interface (plus driver) > > that does manage to stay connected on a budget of ~ 2 Watts, I would hope > > that there is such a thing for USB, too. b-only would be fine, too - it's > > USB 1.1 only, anyhow. > > I have no idea what the relative power consumption is for USB and PCI. > Certainly, a PCI card can assume a cleaner power source - the USB is > going to have to do heavier regulation. Yeah - plus, the chip, according to realtek's website, wants 3.3 and 1.something V. If they are using a linear regulator for that - there must be a reason for that low price, after all ... ;-) > One other thing to try is to turn off the LED. Unset > CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS in your .config. That should save some power. That's already off ... Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
