Wireless tools for Linux: Difference between revisions

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== Alternatives ==

The wireless tools package is currently considered deprecated;<ref>[[Arch Linux]] wiki, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#Manual_setup</ref> the alternative being the more recent [[iw]] utility.<ref>iw utility homepage, https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw</ref> Especially the <code>iw dev wlan0 scan</code> output provides many additional details over the <code>iwlist scan</code> output.<ref>Xmodulo tutorial, http://xmodulo.com/manage-wifi-connection-command-line.html</ref>

== Package tools ==