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Fresh install, did not add wireless_tools, I know ifconfig and iwconfig are depreciated, what's the replacement?
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iproute2 and iw. Simple to understand iw documentation: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
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It seems that neither of these commands are installed in a standard base install. I'm trying to grab the wireless_tools.pkg.tar.xz file but i cant install it.
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iproute2 isn't a command, it's a package. ip being it's main tool. And it *is* in the base install. So is iw, you must have some old media if it's not there. Oh, and wireless_tools is also still there. It might be deprecated, but there are drivers for which iw doesn't work (notably ipw2100 and ipw2200, but a few others too).
Last edited by Gusar (2012-01-28 21:58:16)
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I just grabbed the latest net install iso, the image had iwfonfig, but the install did not, nor did it have iw. Iw is seems to be it's own package.
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The live environment has both wireless_tools (iwconfig) and iw, but neither are in the base group (but they are in core) so you have to manually select them in package selection. Wpa_supplicant is in base and you can use it to set up wireless connections without needing iw/iwconfig (although some older hardware is unsupported IIRC).
List of packages on image
base package group
Last edited by hokasch (2012-01-29 15:09:48)
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The live environment has both wireless_tools (iwconfig) and iw, but neither are in the base group (but they are in core) so you have to manually select them in package selection. Wpa_supplicant is in base and you can use it to set up wireless connections without needing iw/iwconfig (although some older hardware is unsupported IIRC).
This is what i ment. How do you set up wireless with wpa_supplicant?
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there are several ways, and it depends on your network setup - check the wiki and/or manpages.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant
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