tags 900742 + wontfix thanks On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 09:27:18PM -0700, Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
> Package: wireless-tools
> Version: 30~pre9-12+b1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> iwlist fails with the error "Failed to read scan data : Argument list too
> long" when there
> are too many reachable access points. I've encountered this issue
> consistently at certain hotels,
> and I've had to resort to using iw instead, as this stackoverflow question
> from March 2017 answer suggests:
The problem is unfortunately a limitation of the Wireless Extensions
kernel API that wireless-tools uses, so there is nothing that I can do
to fix it. If iw works for you, then by all means keep using it.
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[email protected]>
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