wpa_supplicant Alternatives

wpa_supplicant is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are seven alternatives to wpa_supplicant for Linux and Xfce. The best wpa_supplicant alternative is NetworkManager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like wpa_supplicant are wicd, iwmenu, iw and Ethtool.

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  1. NetworkManager icon

    NetworkManager

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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • NetworkManager is the most popular Linux alternative to wpa_supplicant.

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

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

    wicd

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  4. iwmenu

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. iw icon

    iw

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  6. Ethtool

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    ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware.

    9 Ethtool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. ceni icon

    ceni

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  9. VSWM icon

    VSWM

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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