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. There are eight 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 iwmenu, wicd, Ethtool and iw.

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    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...

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • 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. iwmenu

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

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    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.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    wicd Features

    1.  Wireless
    Discontinued

    Latest version is 1.7.4 released on 2016-01-25

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  5. Ethtool

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    ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware.

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Linux

    Ethtool Features

    1.  Wireless
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    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.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    iw Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network Scanner
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    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.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    ceni Features

    1.  Wireless
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  9. Rfkill

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    rfkill is a small tool to query the state of the rfkill switches, buttons and subsystem interfaces.

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Linux

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    1.  Wireless
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    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.

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    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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