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fangrahh

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Registered: 2009-04-03

Posts: 3

netcfg & broadcom-wl (like in the mini9) FAIL on down

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, I can only find the aur package and I think that's the wrong one.

netcfg -a will fail to bring down the network because the underlying command is
   iwconfig INTERFACE essid off key off
but the driver chokes on key off, and the wireless is unusable & unaquireable.
I propose the netcfg maintainer add a quirk for using
   iwconfig INTERFACE essid off  maybe?
or simply deleting the /var/run/network/profiles/PROFILE and /var/run/network/interfaces/INTERFACE instead

Thanks!

fangrahh

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Registered: 2009-04-03

Posts: 3

Re: netcfg & broadcom-wl (like in the mini9) FAIL on down

or simply in the wireless.subr make it try
iwconfig $INTERFACE essid off key off &>/dev/null || \
iwconfig $INTERFACE essid off &>/dev/null

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: netcfg & broadcom-wl (like in the mini9) FAIL on down

Can you do

iwconfig $INTERFACE essid off key off
echo $?

what does echo $? output?

fangrahh

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Registered: 2009-04-03

Posts: 3

Re: netcfg & broadcom-wl (like in the mini9) FAIL on down

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