Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:28:40 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off the wireless network radio Message-ID: <20090714202840.GB1832@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <200907141220.25978.milu@dat.pl> References: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> <200907141220.25978.milu@dat.pl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:20:25PM +0200, Maciej Milewski wrote: > Dnia wtorek 14 lipiec 2009 o 07:38:49 Chad Perrin napisał(a): > > 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. > You can try doing this by software switch: > sysctl -a | grep rfkill > dev.ath.0.rfkill: 0 > This switch should disable radio. > I don't know if it is supported by iwi driver but you can try. At first glance, it looks like the iwi equivalent is dev.iwi.0.radio, where 1 is on and 0 is off. It won't let me set it to 0, though, claiming it's a read-only sysctl setting. . . . and trying to set the debug.iwi sysctl setting to 1 caused the computer to reboot (not intended behavior, I'm sure). Bah. I wonder if there's something wrong with my driver. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Steinbach's Guideline for Systems Programmers: "Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle." [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpc6ngACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKV5TgCfaIQ6IaVtjLyl1FY0zUt1kbqp rd8AoIhtNyPy1kImzQr5Qd5Be3ghYT/v =O6Ju -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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