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SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown Error 132

I'm running Gentoo amd64 on a Toshiba Satellite C655 with an Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01). For some strange reason, if net.wlan0 has some trouble starting correctly (e.g. I'm not in range of my network), i can't bring wlan0 up directly. Attempting to do so results in a slew of SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown Error 132s. Running

Code:

rfkill block all

rfkill unblock all

seems to fix the problem, but i have no idea why. Perhaps someone could shed some light on my situation?

This SHOULD work....

Code:

rmmod ath5k

rfkill block all

rfkill unblock all

modprobe ath5k

rfkill unblock all

ifconfig wlan0 up