[Nix-dev] EeePC wireless interface no longer recognized by iwconfig

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:20:37PM +0100, Peter Simons wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> after updating to a recent 3.7.8 kernel, my EeePC's wireless interface
> is no longer recognized iwconfig and friends:
> 
>   $ iwconfig wlp1s0
>   wlp1s0    no wireless extensions.
> 
>   $ iwlist wlp1s0 scanning
>   wlp1s0    Interface doesn't support scanning.
> 
> wpa-supplicant, on the other hand, works just fine, so clearly the
> device is still properly supported.
> 
> Does anyone know how to remedy that issue?

iwconfig interface is obsolete since long, and unsupported from 3.6 or 3.7 upwards,
iirc. 'iw' is what you want.