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[6732c094] | 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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[a0e439d] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0aa7aa09] | 7 | <!ENTITY wireless-download-http "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/wireless_tools.29.tar.gz">
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[a0e439d] | 8 | <!ENTITY wireless-download-ftp " ">
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[0aa7aa09] | 9 | <!ENTITY wireless-md5sum "e06c222e186f7cc013fd272d023710cb">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wireless-size "288 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wireless-buildsize "2.0 MB">
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[a0e439d] | 12 | <!ENTITY wireless-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[9aa2603] | 15 | <sect1 id="wireless_tools" xreflabel="Wireless Tools-&wireless-tools-version;">
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[a0e439d] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="wireless_tools.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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[9aa2603] | 23 | <title>Wireless Tools-&wireless-tools-version;</title>
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[a0e439d] | 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools">
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[1ab143b9] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-WirelessTools">Wireless Tools</primary>
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[a0e439d] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[9aa2603] | 30 | <title>Introduction to Wireless Tools</title>
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[a0e439d] | 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The Wireless Extension (WE) is a generic API in the Linux kernel
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| 33 | allowing a driver to expose configuration and statistics specific to common
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| 34 | Wireless LANs to user space. A single set of tools can support all the
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| 35 | variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type as long as the
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| 36 | driver supports Wireless Extensions. WE parameters may also be changed on
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| 37 | the fly without restarting the driver (or Linux).</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>The <application>Wireless Tools</application> (WT) package is a set
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| 40 | of tools allowing manipulation of the Wireless Extensions. They use a
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| 41 | textual interface to support the full Wireless Extension.</para>
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| 42 |
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[5b31bf4] | 43 | &lfs76_checked;
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[0aa7aa09] | 44 |
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[a0e439d] | 45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 46 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wireless-download-http;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wireless-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wireless-md5sum;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Download size: &wireless-size;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wireless-buildsize;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Estimated build time: &wireless-time;</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | </itemizedlist>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 68 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/WirelessTools'/></para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='wireless-kernel'>
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| 73 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools wireless-kernel">
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| 76 | <primary sortas="d-Wireless-devices">Wireless devices</primary>
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| 77 | </indexterm>
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| 78 |
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[9aa2603] | 79 | <para>To use <application>Wireless Tools</application>, the kernel must
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[a0e439d] | 80 | have the appropriate drivers and other support available. The appropriate
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| 81 | bus must also be available. For many laptops, the PCMCIA bus
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| 82 | (CONFIG_PCCARD) needs to be built. In some cases, this bus support will
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| 83 | also need to be built for embedded wireless cards. The appropriate bridge
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| 84 | support also needs to be built. For many modern laptops, the CardBus host
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| 85 | bridge (CONFIG_YENTA) will be needed.</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>In addition to the bus, the actual driver for the specific wireless
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| 88 | card must also be available. There are many wireless cards and they don't
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[9aa2603] | 89 | all work with Linux. The first place to look for card support is the kernel.
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[a0e439d] | 90 | The drivers are located in Device Drivers → Network Device Support
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| 91 | → Wireless LAN (non-hamradio). There are also external drivers
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[9f12e36] | 92 | available for some very common cards. For more information, look
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| 93 | at the user notes.</para>
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[a0e439d] | 94 |
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[9f12e36] | 95 | <para>After the correct drivers are loaded, the interface will
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[a0e439d] | 96 | appear in <filename>/proc/net/wireless</filename>.</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | </sect2>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[9aa2603] | 101 | <title>Installation of Wireless Tools</title>
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[a0e439d] | 102 |
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[9aa2603] | 103 | <para>To install <application>Wireless Tools</application>,
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[a0e439d] | 104 | use the following commands:</para>
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| 105 |
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[aa0ca26] | 106 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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[a0e439d] | 107 |
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| 108 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 111 |
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[0aa7aa09] | 112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr INSTALL_MAN=/usr/share/man install</userinput></screen>
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[a0e439d] | 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 117 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 118 |
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[0d7900a] | 119 | <para><command>INSTALL_MAN=/usr/share/man</command>: Install manual pages
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[0aa7aa09] | 120 | in /usr/share/man instead of /usr/man</para>
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[9f12e36] | 121 |
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[a0e439d] | 122 | </sect2>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 125 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <segmentedlist>
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| 128 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 129 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 130 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <seglistitem>
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| 133 | <seg>ifrename, iwconfig, iwevent, iwgetid, iwlist, iwpriv,
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| 134 | and iwspy</seg>
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| 135 | <seg>libiw.so</seg>
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| 136 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 137 | </seglistitem>
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| 138 | </segmentedlist>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <variablelist>
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 143 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="ifrename">
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| 146 | <term><command>ifrename</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>renames network interfaces based on various static criteria.</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools ifrename">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-ifrename">ifrename</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="iwconfig">
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| 156 | <term><command>iwconfig</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>configures a wireless network interface.</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwconfig">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-iwconfig">iwconfig</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="iwevent">
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| 166 | <term><command>iwevent</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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[9aa2603] | 168 | <para>displays wireless events generated by drivers and setting
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[a0e439d] | 169 | changes.</para>
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwevent">
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-iwevent">iwevent</primary>
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| 172 | </indexterm>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <varlistentry id="iwgetid">
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| 177 | <term><command>iwgetid</command></term>
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| 178 | <listitem>
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| 179 | <para>reports ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless networks.</para>
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| 180 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwgetid">
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| 181 | <primary sortas="b-iwgetid">iwgetid</primary>
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| 182 | </indexterm>
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| 183 | </listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="iwlist">
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| 187 | <term><command>iwlist</command></term>
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>gets detailed wireless information from a wireless interface.</para>
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| 190 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwlist">
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| 191 | <primary sortas="b-iwlist">iwlist</primary>
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| 192 | </indexterm>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <varlistentry id="iwpriv">
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| 197 | <term><command>iwpriv</command></term>
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| 198 | <listitem>
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| 199 | <para>configures optional (private) parameters of a wireless network
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| 200 | interface.</para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwpriv">
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| 202 | <primary sortas="b-iwpriv">iwpriv</primary>
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| 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <varlistentry id="iwspy">
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| 208 | <term><command>iwspy</command></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>gets wireless statistics from specific node.</para>
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools iwspy">
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| 212 | <primary sortas="b-iwspy">iwspy</primary>
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| 213 | </indexterm>
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| 214 | </listitem>
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| 215 | </varlistentry>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <varlistentry id="libiw">
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| 218 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libiw.so</filename></term>
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| 219 | <listitem>
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| 220 | <para>contains functions required by the wireless programs and
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| 221 | provides an API for other programs.</para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="wireless_tools libiw">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="c-libiw">libiw.so</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | </variablelist>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | </sect2>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | </sect1>
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