caretu Wrote:
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> anvyl,
>
> If you read the paper I referred to (see my first
> post for link), you'll see that the host
> computer's operating system (Windows / Linux / OS
> X) simply doesn't allow the USB drive to enter
> standby mode.
It seems like we could avoid much of this, and extend the life of both the thumbdrive and batteries. There should be a script that wakes the thumbdrive, and sends 'keep alive' packets to the drive, only when someone is actually connected to the device; and then the drive could be allowed to time out about 5 minutes later. In this way, at least the drive could sleep while no one was connected to the piratebox.
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> anvyl,
>
> If you read the paper I referred to (see my first
> post for link), you'll see that the host
> computer's operating system (Windows / Linux / OS
> X) simply doesn't allow the USB drive to enter
> standby mode.
It seems like we could avoid much of this, and extend the life of both the thumbdrive and batteries. There should be a script that wakes the thumbdrive, and sends 'keep alive' packets to the drive, only when someone is actually connected to the device; and then the drive could be allowed to time out about 5 minutes later. In this way, at least the drive could sleep while no one was connected to the piratebox.