maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - [Announce] AutoDisconnect - Automatically disconnect idle connections

	calvin_42	2010-02-20 , 03:52
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Originally Posted by craftyguy

When a wifi connection is 'disabled', does it just disconnect from the AP, or does it actually bring down the wifi interface?

Hi craftyguy. AutoDisconnect only closes the idle connections but doesn't bring down the interfaces. So all the applications that require connection for periodic updates will work just fine since they will ask for a new connection.

Originally Posted by craftyguy

When this application disables a connection, would the connection be automatically re-enabled if it was needed (such as launching MicroB or when email syncs)?

Yes.

Originally Posted by craftyguy

If so, what's the delay associated with that, and/or would it prevent some applications from syncing successfully if the application sees there is no 'enabled' connection?

No delay. When an app need to connect, the connection is made in a few seconds. And the connection cannot be cut during a sync because only the idle connections are closed. Except maybe in the case where the sync happens just 1 second before the periodic check of AutoDisconnect : the max idle trafic won't be reached, and a disconnect could happened. But normally a failed sync will ask a new connection.

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