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SueNY - 2006-03-21 11:39 PM
After an hour or so of trying to connect to the hotspot yesterday, I noticed my battery had gone from 100% to 50%. Yikes! Is this normal? Is the WPC11 a power hog? Or was it because I was ejecting and inserting and resetting a lot?
Also, does scanning for a network use more power than simply being connected to a network?
My request for help with Ministumbler got ignored but I think I've mostly figured it out. I had to download Netstumbler to get a help file. Strange they don't include one with Mini. Their support forums seem very hostile to "newbies" so I didn't dare post there. I only have one question left-sorry if it's stupid but..if I want to connect to a network that shows up on Ministumbler, say a hotspot or the network my parents have at their house, I just type the SSID into the Linksys Config Util and make a profile for it, correct? Thanks for all the help!
wpc11 is a pcmcia wifi card, so yes it is eating a lot of power, but i think your battery is just like any other jornada battery, it drops to 33% in 1-2 hours then stays there for 5-6 hours or so... and then again 1 hour at 16% before shutting off.
my cf wifi cards don't consume much power, lets say a typical battery lasts 9 hours without a cf wifi, and 6 with it.
i don't think you've been ignored, what was your problem with ministumbler? if the network isn't encrypted, then that is all you need to do.
Edited by cmonex 2006-03-21 6:55 PM