On 19 July 2011 19:23, Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To enable deep sleep mode: > iwconfig wlan0 power period 0 > > To enable auto deep sleep mode with idle time period set to 5 seconds: > iwconfig wlan0 power period 5 > > To disable deep sleep/auto deep sleep mode: > iwconfig wlan0 power period -1 Paul pointed out that indeed, in old kernels, this functionality was hooked up to the power wireless extension. In recent kernels, this is not the case - its not hooked up to anything. The commands you write above will fail. Daniel -- 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