19 Jun
2011
19 Jun
'11
4:22 p.m.
On 2011/6/19 Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Rémy Oudompheng <remy@archlinux.org> 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? Rémy.