keep wireless awake

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Spinthiras wrote:

> | am absolutely certain that SSH doesnt do this 

"this"?  Please quote so we know what you're talking about.

> | on a Linux machine and to 
> include on that , some functions of the mac do remain alive when you tuck
> it up for naptime. 

How are you so sure?  It's conceivable that you aren't really sleeping, it's
also possible that your system can handle "Wake on Lan" (I've never
actually known if that's even possible via wifi), but you're not giving us
any clues as to what's really happening.

> My question was different , does anyone know how this 
> can be accomplished on a Linux notebook?

Different from what?  When I have an ssh connection working (in Linux), and
I hibernate, I can come back and resume that connection.  I absolutely
guarantee that the wireless connection is completely shut down.

I've just gone to a terminal:
# ssh othello
...do stuff...
...hibernate laptop...
  - at this point, the laptop is d.e.a.d.  No power.
...resume laptop...
And when my connection was restored - after going through dhcp to completely
reconfigure the interface - my connection to "othello" was still there.
-- 
derek