iw Alternatives
iw is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are eight alternatives to iw for Linux, Xfce and Mac. The best iw alternative is NetworkManager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iw are iwmenu, wicd, Wireless Tools and Ethtool.
- 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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
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
Wireless tools for Linux is a package of Linux commands (simple text-based utilities/tools) intended to support and facilitate the configuration of wireless devices using the Linux Wireless Extension.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Wireless Tools Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Ethtool Features
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
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
Country of Origin
Finland
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Xfce
wpa_supplicant Features
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