[maemo-developers] Kismet on N800 stops running after 1-2 minutes

[From: Alex Iliadis]

That's not it, the main problem is not that the device stops receiving 
packets, it's the corruption of the packet content it does. As a note you 
can control power management by issuing:
iwconfig wlan0 power off

-Alex

On Friday 14 December 2007 11:15:51 am Michael Wiktowy wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 8:24 PM, Jaeyeon Jung <jyjung at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any other suggestions? Basically, Kismet runs fine for a couple of
> > minutes and the packet counter stops increasing (the application is
> > still running and the elapsed time is updated but basically sniffing
> > stops working).
>
> As I understand it, this is more of an issue with the power-saving
> features of the tablet. In monitor mode, the OS doesn't think that the
> wireless chip is being used so it puts it to sleep. I believe that
> keeping it plugged into the charger while you scan works. Not an ideal
> work-around but might be enough for what you want to do.
>
> /Mike
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