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Linux Wifi High Power Consumption

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I'm running Fedora 20, kernel 3.15.6 and ath9 driver with an ateros card. My battery life is very short, on an older debian install I had around 3 to 4 hours, now I'm between 1 and 2 hours. Powertop shows that the wireless uses about 18 W which is quite a lot. Any ideas on what to do or look at?
Asked by loeblicus (21 rep)
Aug 11, 2014, 09:08 PM