On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Rémy Oudompheng <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011/6/19 Dan McGee <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Rémy Oudompheng <[email protected]> wrote: >>> In src/connections/wireless, there is block that calls "iwconfig mode >>> Managed" before starting wpa_supplicant. The log is not really >>> explicit about why this was added (it merely says it was necessary for >>> iwl3945), and wpa_supplicant man page only says it's necessary for the >>> hostap driver, which we do not use. Does anybody knows the reason why >>> it is needed? >> >> I think some drivers don't (didn't?) support switching modes if the >> interface is up, or something like that? > > So more precisely, the question is probably: is wpa_supplicant capable > of manipulating interfaces that are down, just like iwconfig?
I have an iwl3945, so I could help with testing. However, I'd need someone to tell me what setups to test and what problems to look for. -t
