Why does RHEL7 show the error as "Error: 'dev' command 'wimax' is not valid" while executing nmcli command with Wimax option?
Issue
- Trying to disable in
networkmanagerall the radio interfaces, usingnmcli. - From a fresh RHEL 7 install, the following state is there
rhel7~ $ nmcli radio
WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
enabled enabled enabled disabled
- When the command
nmcli radio all offis executed, which indicates the WWAN-HW is still enabled:
rhel7~ $ nmcli radio
WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
enabled disabled enabled disabled
- Also noted that executing
nmcli radio wimax offcommand, it fails with following error:
Usage: nmcli radio { COMMAND | help }
COMMAND := { all | wifi | wwan }
all | wifi | wwan [ on | off ]
Error: 'radio' command 'wimax' is not valid.
- Using following
NetworkManagerpackage version on the host:
NetworkManager-0.9.9.1-12.git20140326.4dba720.el7.x86_64
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)7.0.
- NetworkManager
- Wimax hardware.
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