Ethtool Alternatives
Ethtool is described as '- utility for controlling network drivers and hardware' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to Ethtool for Linux, Xfce, Mac and Windows. The best Ethtool alternative is NetworkManager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ethtool are iwmenu, wicd, iw and ceni.
- Free • Open Source
- 9 NetworkManager alternatives
NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network to another: once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be detected and...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- 9 iwmenu alternatives
(iNet Wireless Menu) allows using your menu of choice to manage the wireless network.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- 9 wicd alternatives
Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
DiscontinuedLatest version is 1.7.4 released on 2016-01-25
wicd Features
- 9 iw alternatives
iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It supports almost all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently. It allows you to configure and show information about wireless networking.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
iw Features
- 7 ceni alternatives
Network manager used by Linux distributions Sidux and Aptosid, but can be installed on debian based distributions, and compiled from source on just about any.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
ceni Features
- 7 Rfkill alternatives
rfkill is a small tool to query the state of the rfkill switches, buttons and subsystem interfaces.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Rfkill Features
- 8 wpa_supplicant alternatives
wpa_supplicant is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless connection. wpa_supplicant supports separate frontend programs and a text-based frontend (wpa_cli) and a GUI (wpa_gui) are...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Xfce
wpa_supplicant Features
- 9 VSWM alternatives
As the name suggests it manages the wireless network in a very simplistic way. This version have wifi WPA and WEP, with dhcp and static networks. To use it, just place the vswm.cfg file at /etc/ and add there your existing networks.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- 7 IQonn Lite alternatives
IQonn.com is a community that offers Mobile travellers the tools needed to be truly nomadic. If you have any Mobile Data subscription, Notebook with a Wireless device or data card and you are Out of Office frequently, then IQonn.com is the place for you. IQonn.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
- Windows
IQonn Lite Features