Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:20:25 +0200 From: Maciej Milewski <milu@dat.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Subject: Re: turning off the wireless network radio Message-ID: <200907141220.25978.milu@dat.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra>
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Dnia wtorek 14 lipiec 2009 o 07:38:49 Chad Perrin napisa=B3(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. Cheers, Maciej Milewski
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