[1e6e8ee] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[34f53a5] | 7 | <!ENTITY iw-download-http "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/iw/iw-&iw-version;.tar.xz">
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[1e6e8ee] | 8 | <!ENTITY iw-download-ftp " ">
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[6323b10d] | 9 | <!ENTITY iw-md5sum "b65bb6dc3b9474c55f6107a25469d8cf">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY iw-size "136 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY iw-buildsize "3.5 MB">
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[1e6e8ee] | 12 | <!ENTITY iw-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="iw" xreflabel="iw-&iw-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="iw.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>iw-&iw-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="iw">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-iw">iw</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to iw</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless
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| 33 | devices. It supports all new drivers that have been added to the kernel
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| 34 | recently. The old tool iwconfig, which uses Wireless Extensions interface,
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| 35 | is deprecated and it's strongly recommended to switch to iw and nl80211.
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| 36 | </para>
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| 37 |
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[22c3cdd7] | 38 | &lfs90_checked;
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[1e6e8ee] | 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&iw-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&iw-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &iw-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &iw-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &iw-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &iw-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">iw Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 63 |
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[b0b73b1] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[1e6e8ee] | 65 | <para role="required">
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| 66 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 70 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/iw'/></para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | </sect2>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='iw-kernel'>
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| 75 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <indexterm zone="iw iw-kernel">
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| 78 | <primary sortas="d-iw-devices">Wireless devices</primary>
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| 79 | </indexterm>
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| 80 |
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[b0b73b1] | 81 | <para>To use <application>iw</application>, the kernel must
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[1e6e8ee] | 82 | have the appropriate drivers and other support available. The appropriate
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[b0b73b1] | 83 | bus must also be available. For older laptops, the PCMCIA bus
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[1e6e8ee] | 84 | (CONFIG_PCCARD) needs to be built. In some cases, this bus support will
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| 85 | also need to be built for embedded iw cards. The appropriate bridge
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| 86 | support also needs to be built. For many modern laptops, the CardBus host
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| 87 | bridge (CONFIG_YENTA) will be needed.</para>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <para>In addition to the bus, the actual driver for the specific wireless
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| 90 | card must also be available. There are many wireless cards and they don't
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| 91 | all work with Linux. The first place to look for card support is the kernel.
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| 92 | The drivers are located in Device Drivers → Network Device Support
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| 93 | → Wireless LAN (non-hamradio). There are also external drivers
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| 94 | available for some very common cards. For more information, look
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| 95 | at the user notes.</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para>After the correct drivers are loaded, the interface will
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| 98 | appear in <filename>/proc/net/wireless</filename>.</para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 103 | <title>Installation of iw</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>To install <application>iw</application>,
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| 106 | use the following commands:</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "/INSTALL.*gz/s/.gz//" Makefile &&
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| 109 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | </sect2>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 120 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para><command>sed ...</command>: Install uncompressed manual pages
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| 123 | in accordance with other man pages.</para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 128 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <segmentedlist>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 133 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <seglistitem>
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| 136 | <seg>iw</seg>
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| 137 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 138 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 139 | </seglistitem>
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| 140 | </segmentedlist>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <variablelist>
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| 143 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 144 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 145 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <varlistentry id="iw-prog">
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| 148 | <term><command>iw</command></term>
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| 149 | <listitem>
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| 150 | <para>show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration</para>
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| 151 | <indexterm zone="iw iw-prog">
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| 152 | <primary sortas="b-iw">iw</primary>
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| 153 | </indexterm>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 | </varlistentry>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | </variablelist>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | </sect2>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | </sect1>
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