On 2011/6/19 Tom Gundersen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Rémy Oudompheng <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 2011/6/19 Dan McGee <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 >
I'm stupid since I have a iwl3945 myself. The test setup is the following: - set up your card in a stupid mode (iwconfig wlan0 mode Monitor) - try to start a netcfg profile without it using iwconfig. I'll upload my latest changes to the no-iwconfig branch for you to test. I've successfully managed to do it by moving the interface_up part *after* starting+configuring wpa_supplicant, so it seems to indicate that wpa_supplicant is able to switch modes itself. However i'm not sure it works for any setup. -- Rémy.
