Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:24049 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759505AbYAKPRH (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:17:07 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so480283ugc.16 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:17:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <478786FD.1020603@gmail.com> (sfid-20080111_151713_164306_19591FA5) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:10:53 +0100 From: Ronald Reply-To: ronald645@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bcm4311 shuts down on closing lid (intended?) References: <47866FE6.4010100@gmail.com> (sfid-20080110_192630_077617_B3331316) <1200052973.3861.167.camel@johannes.berg> <47876C32.8090004@gmail.com> (sfid-20080111_132311_007072_430845CE) <1200062822.3861.169.camel@johannes.berg> In-Reply-To: <1200062822.3861.169.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >> So that means the other drivers (bcm43xx and ndiswrapper) provided >> enough signal strength to keep the wireless going even when it was >> horizontal? > > Hm, ok, that is a bit odd, I wouldn't have expected bcm43xx to do that. > Are you sure you're testing in the same place with the same distance to > the AP etc? > I'm not quite sure anymore about the bcm43xx behaviour. But I'm sure of ndiswrapper. Need to test bcm43xx? >> P.S. I want to add my wireless card to the list (of working cards) (it's >> not dell). How can I do this? > > You can't edit the global list, only the per-driver list, for that you > need to sign up to the wiki and log in. > > johannes