[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Is there an equivalent of wireless-xxxx using iw rather then iwconfig



On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:55:39 +0100, David Goodenough wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 Oct 2011, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:30:53 +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
>> > In wireless-tools there is support for embedding wireless-xxx
>> > commands which get converted into iwconfig commands.  iwconfig is now
>> > deprecated for many wireless cards, in favour of iw.
>> > 
>> > Is there a package that provides network/interfaces support for iw?
>> 
>> Hmmm, I don't know if this will be of any help :-?
>> 
>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/replace-iwconfig
>> 
>> It basically documents the most common operations done from "iw".
>> 
> Yes, I know I can do it manually, I was looking for the same kind of
> alias that wireless-tools provided.

If they're not docummented and because this is an ongoing work, I'd say 
there is none (or at least "none" that I am aware of) ;-(. Are you 
missing a specific command?

Anyway, it seems that the usual set of tools¹ (the ones you mention) are 
still available.

¹http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/Wireless-Extensions

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


Reply to: