This package contain the Wireless tools, used to manipulate the Wireless Extensions. The Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats. INSTALL ------- Installation instruction and requirements. man pages (iwconfig.8, iwpriv.8, iwspy.8) --------- As far as I know, the man pages are the most complete, up to date and accurate documentation of the wireless tools, and you really should read them. They can either be copied in a location where the command "man" will find them, or can be read with the command : nroff -man xxx.8 | more web page -------- You'll find a lot of useful info on : http://web.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ iwconfig.c ---------- The main wireless tool. Used for device configuration and to see the most common parameters. iwspy.c ------- Mobile IP support test and allow get get stats per MAC address (instead of globally). Also display available bit rates and frequencies. iwpriv.c -------- Manipulate driver private ioctls (all that is not available in iwconfig). These are device specific parameters. xwireless.c ----------- Graphical tool for the Netwave created by Dag Brattli The list of changes, credits and errata notes are in iwcommon.h. Compilation might be tricky, see iwcommon.h for header problems... Jean