There is a bug report concerning this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/651008
Since it awaits fixing a workaround is to edit /usr/lib/pm- utils/power.d/wireless due to the desired behaviour. Cheers, Florian -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657508 Title: Network becomes sluggish when running on battery -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs