>Number:         34929
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ifconfig ath0 down doesn't put the interface down.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 27 22:05:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Perry E. Metzger
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.3
>Organization:
Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com
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>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD hackworth 4.99.3 NetBSD 4.99.3 (HACKWORTH) #0: Sat Oct 14 22:06:11 EDT 2006 perry@hackworth:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HACKWORTH i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

Type "ifconfig ath0 down" to down your atheros wifi adapter.
Notice that the command doesn't actually do anything.

This of course has multiple implications:
  packets get misrouted to interfaces you can't use in some places
  you eat power on your laptop for an interface you don't want up
  etc., etc.

>How-To-Repeat:

Try it out on a machine with an atheros.

>Fix:

>Unformatted: