Re: NetworkManager vs. AR5212 802.11abg Wireless NIC

["Lance A. Brown" <lance bearcircle net>]

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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