Why "iwconfig" command used for configuring wireless NICs, does not work in RHEL7?

Solution Unverified - Updated 2024-08-05T06:21:01+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)7.0.
• Wireless-tools package.

Issue

• We are unable to find iwconfig command.
• We are unable to find wireless-tools packages in RHEL7 repository.

Resolution

• The wireless-tools package which provides iwconfig has been deprecated in RHEL7.
• It has been replaced with iw command which comes with iw-3.10-4.el7.x86_64 package.

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