iwredir.8

iwconfig iwlist iwpriv

.\" Jean II - HPL - 03
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.TH IWREDIR 8 "31 October 1996" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.\" NAME part
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.SH NAME
iwredir \- WE-version wireless tool redirectot
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.\" SYNOPSIS part
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "iw" XXX " [ " args " ]"
.br
.BI "iwredir -wev
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Iwredir
is used to enable the use multiple version of the Wireless Tools on
the same system.
.B Iwredir
pick the proper version of the wireless tools based on the version of
Wireless Extension of the current kernel.
.PP
A version of the Wireless Tools need to be compiled for each version
of Wireless Extensions expected to be used (this require specific
.I make
instructions), and each tool name need to be suffixed by the WE
version (ex.
.I iwconfig16
for the binary of iwconfig compiled for Wireless Extension 16).
.br
Then,
.B iwredir
need to be installed under the name of each of the tool that need
redirection
.RI "(" iwconfig ", " iwlist "...)."
.br
.B Iwredir
just adds the version of WE from the current kernel to the name it was
called and executed the resulting command name. If the user invoque
.I iwlist
(that is now replaced with
.IR iwredir )
and the current kernel has WE version
.IR 17 ,
the final command executed will be
.IR iwlist17 .
.br
.B Iwredir
will read the Wireless Extension version of the current kernel from
.IR /proc/net/wireless .
.PP
.B Iwredir
works only for Wireless Extension 16 and later, all previous version
of WE are assumed to be version 15 or version 11.
.B Iwredir
is usually not installed by default and is expected to be used only by
.I advanced
users.
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.\" PARAMETER part
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.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.BR -wev
Give the Wireless Extension version that
.B iwredir
will use for redirection. This is mostly used in the Wireless Tools
Makefile when doing a versioned installation of the tools.
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.\" FILES part
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.SH FILES
.I /proc/net/wireless
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.\" SEE ALSO part
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR iwconfig (8),
.BR iwlist (8),
.BR iwspy (8),
.BR iwevent (8),
.BR iwpriv (8),
.BR wireless (7).