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diff --git a/network/iw/README b/network/iw/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..e5389d55fd0c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/iw/README @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. +Currently you can only use this utility to configure devices which use a +mac80211 driver, as these are the new drivers being written - most new +wireless devices being sold are now SoftMAC. List of mac80211 drivers: +http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211#mac80211drivers + +iw requires libnl, which is also available at SlackBuilds.org. |