Re: Is there an equivalent of wireless-xxxx using iw rather then iwconfig
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:17:38 +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Let me ask you again... what specific setup configuration options are
>> you missing from the current available tools to setting up your
>> wireless adapters in Debian?
> It is possible to hand code, using the explicit iw commands, all the
> things I want to do, BUT it is long winded, difficult to read, and if
> for instance I change an interface name (say wlan0 to wlan1) I have to
> change all the references in the commands, and Sods Law says I will miss
> one.
AFAICT, there is the option for using static names to define the network
interfaces, by means of udev rules, so you don't have to depend on the
"wlan0" or "wlanx" naming.
> The wireless_XXX aliases provide a shorthand and also hide things like
> making sure the right interface is passed to the right command. I am
> looking for an equivalient which allows me to use the new facilities in
> the iw command (such as configuring mesh networks) which can not be
> encoded using either iwconfig or wireless_XXX.
I still don't get the point for your request :-)
You want to use "wireless_XXX" and you can use them, so why are you
worried about? I suppose at the time these tools are not available
anymore there will be a convenient replacement.
And now you say you are looking for an "equivalent" option for something
that currently cannot be done with the wireless-tools utilities. Then
you're not looking for an "equivalent" but for a way to do "something"
with "iw" tools. It's okay but that's not what I understood for your
first post...
> Its not that it can not be done, it is that the "Debian Way(TM)" seems
> to be to use these aliases (and the wireless_XXX one is not the only
> one) and there is no alias (that I can find) that uses iw and therefore
> enables the facilities that I am trying to define.
Mmm, I don't want to be stubborn but a concrete example will help a lot
to find a way to do what you want to get ;-)
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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