iwconfig and Interface behavior

onyxdragun · 12-23-2014, 04:58 PM

Is it normal for iwconfig to bring down the interface when issuing something like

Code:

iwconfig mlan0 ap 00:00:00:00:00:00

or

Code:

iwconfig mlan0 essid Tacos

I'm watching /sys/class/net/mlan0/operstate and when I issue any iwconfig command, it seems to drop the interface.

I've been looking into the driver code to see if it's doing it, but I thought I'd asked to see if that is normal behavior of iwconfig.

onyxdragun · 01-05-2015, 11:35 AM

Okay, actually from what it looks like

Code:

 iwconfig mlan0 essid Tacos

Is actually the culprit toggling the interface and I am now looking into the kernel/driver code to figure out why it's doing it.
Just finding limitations of this setup/hardware I'm working on I guess.