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+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.