IWREDIR(8)

NAME
iwredir - WE-version wireless tool redirectot

SYNOPSIS
iwXXX [ args ]
iwredir -wev

DESCRIPTION
Iwredir is used to enable the use multiple version of the Wireless Tools on the same system. Iwredir pick the proper version of the wireless tools based on the version of Wireless Extension of the current kernel.

A version of the Wireless Tools need to be compiled for each version of Wireless Extensions expected to be used (this require specific make instructions), and each tool name need to be suffixed by the WE version (ex. iwconfig16 for the binary of iwconfig compiled for Wireless Extension 16).
Then, iwredir need to be installed under the name of each of the tool that need redirection (iwconfig, iwlist...).
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 iwlist (that is now replaced with iwredir) and the current kernel has WE version 17, the final command executed will be iwlist17.
Iwredir will read the Wireless Extension version of the current kernel from /proc/net/wireless.

Iwredir works only for Wireless Extension 16 and later, all previous version of WE are assumed to be version 15 or version 11. Iwredir is usually not installed by default and is expected to be used only by advanced users.

PARAMETERS

-wev
    Give the Wireless Extension version that iwredir will use for redirection. This is mostly used in the Wireless Tools Makefile when doing a versioned installation of the tools.

FILES
/proc/net/wireless

SEE ALSO
iwconfig(8), iwlist(8), iwspy(8), iwevent(8), iwpriv(8), wireless(7).