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Wvdial VS iw

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Wvdial logo Wvdial

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

iw logo iw

iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.
  • Wvdial Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-27
  • iw Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18

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wvdial can't retrieve modem response, terminal programs communicate without problems

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Wvdial and iw)

Wvdial

iw

API Tools
37 37%
API Tools
63% 63
Log Management
37 37%
Log Management
63% 63
Monitoring Tools
37 37%
Monitoring Tools
63% 63
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.

Wvdial mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Wvdial yet. Tracking of Wvdial 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 Wvdial 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.

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

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...

KPPP - KPPP is used to setup PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) connections.

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