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wpa supplicant VS iw

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wpa supplicant logo wpa supplicant

WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, and Windows (IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, RSN, IEEE 802.11i)

iw logo iw

iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.
  • wpa supplicant Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-19
  • iw Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18

wpa supplicant videos

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wpa supplicant examples

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

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Category Popularity

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wpa supplicant

iw

API Tools
43 43%
API Tools
57% 57
Log Management
43 43%
Log Management
57% 57
Monitoring Tools
43 43%
Monitoring Tools
57% 57
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.

wpa supplicant mentions (0)

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

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing wpa supplicant and iw, 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...

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

VSNM - VSNM - Very Simple Network Manager

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