Talk:Wireless tools for Linux: Difference between revisions

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== Deprecated toolset ==

Modern editions of the Linux (or GNU/Linux) distros use the "iw" suite, and "wireless-tools" (whose commands are described in this page) is no longer packaged. The current text at the top of the page, along with a "buried" "alternatives" section is too weak face the reality that wireless-tools is no more in several distros in 2019.

The text at the top of the page should not imply wireless-tools is a current, in use toolset, and it should strongly point to "iw" as the current substitute.

This is not just "userspace shuffle", the Wireless tools package depends on a deprecated kernel API that is being phased out.

Confirmed on:

Debian 9+

Ubuntu 18+

It would be helpful to have this information added to the page (the current text implies the toolset is in active use, which is false) and the link to "iw" made more relevant, since it is the successor to the wireless-tools toolset. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/200.160.13.171|200.160.13.171]] ([[User talk:200.160.13.171#top|talk]]) 10:59, 31 May 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->