5150 Wifi/Wimax switching problems

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 14:31 -0800, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez wrote:
> Hello Brendan
> 
> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 12:23 -0700, Brendan Fosberry wrote:
> > Hi guys
> > 
> > I'm amazed at how well wimax works on my laptop, well done developers!
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> > Im using a Intel 5150 and I've been trying to find a way to switch
> > between wifi and wimax. Wifi works until I start using Wimax and then
> > deactivates (just like in windows) however I can't find a way to
> > deactivate wimax and reactivate wifi. I can wimaxcu roff and remove the
> > i2400m-usb module but I still can't switch on wifi.
> 
> Try reloading the iwl-agn kernel module; sometimes the firmware just
> gets too stuck and there is no way to bring it back other than with a
> serious slap.
> 
> We are quite out of resources to issue a better fix for this, for now it
> is the only thing we have, sorry :(
> 
> > Do you guys know what method is used to switch off wifi? Starting from
> > there I can probably find a way to reactivate via a script.
> > 
> > Also is anyone working on a Wimax gui or integrating with the default
> > gnome network connection manager?
> 
> There is support for connman and I think someone was working on
> integrating with network manager.

NetworkManager has a wimax branch in which Tambet is doing the wimax
stuff:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/log/?h=wimax

Dan