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iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.

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WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, and Windows (IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, RSN, IEEE 802.11i)
  • iw Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18
  • wpa supplicant Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-19

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  • Tutorial - Linux for Network Engineers: How to Interact with the WPA Supplicant

Category Popularity

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iw

wpa supplicant

API Tools
56 56%
API Tools
44% 44
Log Management
56 56%
Log Management
44% 44
Monitoring Tools
56 56%
Monitoring Tools
44% 44
Development
50 50%
Development
50% 50

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, iw seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

iw mentions (2)

  • finally
    The instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless is pretty extensive. Popular tools are listed in the article: * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wpa_supplicant * https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Is there a simplest wifi client which just connects to open/wpa/wep/wpa-eap protocol and **NOT** be a daemon on itself to reconnect or do any handling of priority or for taking/managing a list of networks?
    You can run any daemon in your terminal by yourself, many of them have an option to not fork process. Wpa_supplicant is the simpliest client you can get if your WIFI uses WPA/WPA2. The more simple is only iw, but it only supports WEP encryption security. Source: over 2 years ago

wpa supplicant mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of wpa supplicant yet. Tracking of wpa supplicant recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing iw and wpa supplicant, you can also consider the following products

NetworkManager - NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward.

wicd - Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.

Ethtool - ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware

ceni - Network manager used by Linux distributions Sidux and Aptosid, but can be installed on debian based...

VSNM - VSNM - Very Simple Network Manager

Wvdial - WvDial (pronounced "Weave Dial") is an easier way to connect to the internet.

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