On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:40:27PM -0000, Tony Espy wrote:
> This bug is due to the way the driver checks permissions.  It has a
> global check for CAP_NET_ADMIN, instead of an ioctl by ioctl based check
> ala mac80211.
> 
> So, you *can* run the above operations, you just need to use "sudo".
> Eg.
> 
> $ sudo iwconfig
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Yes, sudo iwconfig gives a more proper output. Thanks.

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wl module doesn't work well with iwconfig
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416010
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