On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 04:40:46PM -0400, Charles Gordon wrote: > I am using version 2.6.28 of the kernel and version 0.9.11-nogit of > iw. Communications are disrupted and the device stops responding to > ping when I use the command "iwlist wlan0 scan". Communications are > restored when the command completes. Is this behavior expected? Has > it been fixed in a later release? The device has to change frequencies to conduct the scan. Kinda like missing part of a show while you are flipping channels... :-) -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html