From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 14 06:22:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19D1106566C for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:22:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FC08FC28 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:22:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so5011545yxe.3 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:22:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=lcWZU4tXgjpvd+2t2Da7IJFki44zaCKMPlNUZdHowss=; b=jbdMSLeW3M7bL4fsvhcbaBGwvIzE6ztrMnEHDjOZWcDGPI3EFsqacUjlKXESxTIOW+ 9nwjefnk1koiKK7BeZyIUnuzlZHKlMN+skEbHEdUuhAnUQbxjghP5QvpZ9ithZjejsM9 jiyrlZskYtMtTwtCQOhRejDN43/3f+J9Md+No= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=fei31riNALTjij1I3KuoYNX5P2Raqt1/K2ruc1a4/8wLJial8BgfETCgisC7Pa0/XV d+xlHhz5njLY4cPV1CpLVZcZnqnANpSHqEoBHFTVOrM0/zDwDVpOaaZ839eejgMHIvuA QfJX9cwu6W4TPcOERtTkCLtOxIkfaahJxzDoM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.149.6 with SMTP id b6mr9632968ybo.281.1247552543008; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:22:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:22:22 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0907132322q6ac3419fyb8ccee1b2890772e@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: turning off the wireless network radio X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:22:24 -0000 On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > I'm having a real bitch of a time trying to figure out how to shut down > the wireless adapter's radio. The driver module won't unload as long as > the adapter is active, and neither ifconfig nor iwicontrol are providing > a solution either. > > I'm using (as you may have guessed by mention of iwicontrol) an Intel > wireless adapter, with if_iwi.ko as my driver module. It's an Intel > PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection according to pciconf -lv. > > Thanks in advance. > ipw0@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x25658086 chip=0x10438086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN Card Driver (82801)' class = network kldunload works for me as well. If you turn debug up on ifconfig does that give you any clues? -- Adam Vande More