iw is not quite a complete replacement for iwconfig and iwlist. Former don't support some network card drivers, such as [1]. So if you happen to have one of tho

iw is not quite a complete replacement for iwconfig and iwlist. Former don't support some network card drivers, such as [1]. So if you happen to have one of those, you have to use latter two, deprecated or not. [1] https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/ https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/