iwmenu Alternatives

iwmenu is described as '(iNet Wireless Menu) allows using your menu of choice to manage the wireless network' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to iwmenu for Linux, Xfce and Mac. The best iwmenu alternative is NetworkManager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iwmenu are wicd, Ethtool, iw and ceni.

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(iNet Wireless Menu) allows using your menu of choice to manage the wireless network.

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iwmenu alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 2024
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  1. NetworkManager icon
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    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...

    9 NetworkManager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    NetworkManager VS iwmenu

     
    • NetworkManager is the most popular Linux alternative to iwmenu.

    • NetworkManager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to iwmenu.

    • NetworkManager is Free and Open Sourceiwmenu is also Free and Open Source
  2. wicd icon
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    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Discontinued

    Latest version is 1.7.4 released on 2016-01-25

    wicd Features

    1.  Wireless

    wicd VS iwmenu

     
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    ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Ethtool Features

    1.  Wireless

    Ethtool VS iwmenu

     
  4. iw icon
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    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux

    iw Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network Scanner

    iw VS iwmenu

     
  5. ceni icon
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    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    ceni Features

    1.  Wireless

    ceni VS iwmenu

     
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    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Xfce

    wpa_supplicant Features

    1.  Wireless

    wpa_supplicant VS iwmenu

     
    • wpa_supplicant is the most popular Mac alternative to iwmenu.

    • wpa_supplicant is Free and Open Sourceiwmenu is also Free and Open Source
  7. VSWM icon
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    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    VSWM VS iwmenu

     
  8. KPPP icon
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    KPPP is used to setup PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) connections. This is most useful for connecting with a cell phone "modem" card these days. It is also use to configure real modem connections.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    KPPP VS iwmenu

     
  9. Wvdial icon
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    WvDial (pronounced "Weave Dial") is an easier way to connect to the internet. It completely avoids the need for chat scripts, edits pap-secrets and chap-secrets for you, detects your modem automatically, and chooses a valid init string.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Wvdial Features

    1.  Connect

    Wvdial VS iwmenu

     
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