Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:22:22 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: turning off the wireless network radio Message-ID: <6201873e0907132322q6ac3419fyb8ccee1b2890772e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra>
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> 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?
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Adam Vande More
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