On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:31:17 +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> > I want to be able to write the iw equivalient of:- >> > >> > iface wlan0 inet static >> > >> > wireless-essid Test >> > wireless-channel 7 >> > >> > Given that iwconfig is now deprecated >> >> Okay, I will have to ask... who has told you that? "wireless-tools" >> package is still available in Debian and he upstream project is just on >> the way to replace it but they are still needed in some cases. > If you ask anything about iwconfig on the wireless kernel mailing list > you will get told that iwconfig is deprecated, does not provide all the > function and at times give the wrong answers and that iw should be used > on all mac80211 based wireless drivers. They wrote it, so they should > know. Then why not ask them for a recommended replacement? If that's "iw" then ask for the documents on how to properly setup when using "ifup" method ;-) AFAIK, in Debian package "wireless-tools" is still supported/available. >> > (at least for new wifi interfaces) at a minimum it would be a good >> > idea if wireless-XXX used iw. I will submit a bug to this effect. >> >> That's the recommended/docummented way to manually setup the wifi >> adapter in Debian: >> >> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_basics_of_wireless_lan_interface > Unfortunately that does not cover configuring mesh networks, which is > one of the areas that can not be done with iwconfig and has to be done > using iw. Can you please put an "exact" example for such configuration? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.26.14.20...@gmail.com
