maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Very strange charging behaviour?

	heavyt	2007-03-05 , 01:25
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens

Tools>Control Panel>Connectivity>Connections (the button at the bottom)
Choose a WLAN connection (with the Globe-and-antenna icon)>Edit>Next(don't change anything, just hit "next"!) >Next>Advanced>"Other" tab
Change WLAN transmission power to 10mW
You can hit "Cancel" or "Finish" at the end, either way the power is changed.

And, totally counter-intuitive, this is done for all your WLAN connections. Why Noka thought it would be a good idea to bury this in the settings for individual WLAN configurations is beyond me.

Dang! almost forgot: BANG! BANG! (he shot me down)
(I'm a Tarantino fan)

I found this info on battery life in reference to wlan transmission power options.

https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=256
"The option of choosing the 10 mW transmission power is there only because
certain countries require this in their law. The low power transmission has a
negligible effect on the battery lifetime because the data is sent in short
bursts that last for less than 1% of total time. On the other hand, the lower
transmission power will make it harder to keep connected. Therefore it is best
to use the (default) 100 mW power, unless legislated otherwise in the law of
your country."

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