Packages| Package | “wext” Flag Description |
|---|---|
| net-misc/networkmanager | Enable support for the deprecated Wext (Wireless Extensions) API; needed for some older drivers (e.g. ipw2200, ndiswrapper) |
| net-wireless/kismet | Enable building kismet with support for the deprecated Linux Wireless Extensions. This is required for some out of tree and staging drivers, and kismet has not been well tested with it disabled, so it defaults to on. |