Wireless internet turns itself off...

[Harsky]

I use an HP laptop for browsing and I always leave my computer on to download torrents. Out of habit from my old laptop, I always close the laptop lid because I don't like the idea of leaving it open. But in doing so, it turns off the wireless internet and so it's pretty much useless for downloading and leaving overnight. I was googling and I saw one of the answer was:

network connections: uncheck "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"

But I don't see that option in my network connection.

My question is, can it be possibleto disable this? I have Vista as the OS in case you're wondering.

 

[butaro]

does your computer turn off when you close the lid, or hibernate?? i don't know why wireless would turn off unless the computer itself is turning off

 

[Samutz]

Sounds like Standby to me. Go into Windows power options and make sure "When I close my lid" is set to "Do nothing" (Control Panel -> Power Options -> Advanced tab in Windows XP).

 

[Linkiboy]

In Vista > Network > In the search box type device manager > View hardware and devices > Network adapters >Right-click yours, properties > Power management tab

 

[Harsky]

Having to bump this again because I thought this problem fixed itself when I tried Linkiboy's suggestion (there were several adapters but only one had the power management thing). It kinda worked when I closed the lid for a few minutes and then opened it again but when I left it running for a few hours with my torrent running, went to work and came back, I noticed it never moved at all... and then I saw an "not connected to any network thing at the bottom"

 

[Harsky]

Bumping this again because the problem is still persisting

 

[Samutz]

Have you checked the bios settings?

Some of the laptops I've worked with have bios options to have the wireless turn off/on under certain conditions.

Also, are you letting Windows manage your wireless settings? Or do you have some sort program that does it? (like if you buy a Netgear card, it usually comes with Netgear software)

 

[Harsky]

Well, the wireless internet is built into the laptop. Tried upgrading the drivers for the wireless internet adapter.