Re: NetworkManager vs. AR5212 802.11abg Wireless NIC

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

Hi,

I corrected a bug about a week ago that made Atheros cards always get 
locked on a specific frequence, which may make the card go into a 
particular mode.  Does latest CVS seem to fix anything for you?

Dan

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Lance A. Brown wrote:

> Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> > The "iwpriv xxx mode xxx" is different than "iwconfig xxx mode".  
> > Confusing, no?  I don't think NM calls anything that madwifi exposes via 
> > iwpriv, which is for private ioctls and stuff that the kernel does not 
> > explicitly expose.  So I don't think this is the problem...
> 
> Hmmm.  Well, *something* is switching my Atheros into iwpiv mode 1
> shortly after NetworkManager starts.  I verified this by setting up a
> while loop running 'iwpriv ath0 get_mode' every second and then 'ifdown
> ath0' to shut down the NIC and 'service NetworkManager start' to start
> NM.  A couple seconds after NM starts, the iwpriv mode changes to 1,
> locking the NIC into 802.11a mode.
> 
> Maybe there is a bug in the madwifi driver.  I'll post this problem on
> their list and see.
> 
> --[Lance]
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