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    Cannot connect to internet while on battery power

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by N810, Nov 9, 2006.

  1. N810

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    Thread closed. Thanks for looking.
     
    N810, Nov 9, 2006
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What machine do you have, and are you trying to connect though a WiFi connection of your Ethernet jack?
     
    Greg, Nov 9, 2006
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    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    It's usually this - people ask me this all the time - many notebooks in the last two years come with hardware managers that control wifi, bluetooth, cardbus, etc.

    You need to turn the Wi-Fi back ON when battery mode is selected. You should also be able to save the feature so that you don't need to do it next time you are on battery. If it annoys you (like it does for me) wipe out the program. What is your brand?
     
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    Asus s6

    gautam3..do you mean that I have to turn the wi-fi switch off then on when I unhook from a/c power??

    I am trying to connect via a wi-fi connection.
     
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    No, there is probably an additional power manager program (like Dell's QuickSet or HP's QuickLaunchButtons) that will shut off the NIC when on battery power. You don't need to kill the application IF you can toggle that program to "not shut down the NIC when on battery power."
     
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    I think you are talking about the Power4gear feature. It has various settings such as super performance, high perf, dvd, quiet office, presentation, battery saver, and a few others/
     
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    I have done a system recovery and still nothing. Anymore suggestions.
     
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    Got the same problem with an IntelPro3945.

    To solve this, try to change some properties of the network adapter.
    Network Connections->Select your wifi adapter->Properties->Configure...

    There I have a property called 'Power Management' in the given list.
    try to set this property to 'Highest'.

    Christophe
     
    croudet, Nov 10, 2006
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