Any way to maintain airport traffic while lid is closed?

I'm sort of new to dealing with apple computers and I might just totally be missing something but...
I'm trying to get my new MBA to maintain airport traffic while the laptop is closed. So that way it can continue downloads while it's closed.
Am I missing something or is this just not possible?

Hi,
I dont think it is possible to close the lid and continue to maintain the airport traffic because once you closed the lid, MBA will go to sleep and stop running all application.
Cheers.

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