My router is already set to only n. It doesn't make any difference if the Mac
is present or not or if I move the thinkpad around.
output:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:1f:16:11:72:ba
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt
10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e
driverversion=2.3.2-k firmware=1.8-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes
port=twisted pair
resources: irq:44 memory:e1700000-e171ffff memory:e1724000-e1724fff
ioport:4000(size=32)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 74:f0:6d:0d:6f:bb
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k
driverversion=3.13.0-63-generic firmware=N/A ip=172.27.27.172 latency=0
link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:e1500000-e150ffff
