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Adapter to turn wired USB keyboard wireless? [closed]

I've got a wired USB keyboard that I really like. I know it is a long shot, but is there a way to turn it into a wireless (maybe even Bluetooth) keyboard through some sort of adapter or hack?
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Make USB keyboard wireless

I use a keyboard that is not available in a wireless or bluetooth version, but connects to the computer via USB. Is there any way to make this keyboard wireless? In other words, is there something ...
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What kind of device receives wireless signal and provides wired output?

My wife uses an old computer which doesn't really like having an Internet connection via a USB wireless adapter. I've tried several, and none have been satisfactory. The connection gets dropped ...
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D-Link router WiFi and LAN segment

I have D-Link 2650 router. Some wireless and wired clients connected to it. The problem is there is no interconnection between wireless and wired devices. For instance, when I start webserver on PC ...
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Does Ethernet cable affect speed?

I'm only getting 10 Mbps on my Ethernet connection but the NIC supports up to 100 Mbps. Could the Ethernet cable be the culprit? What labels on the Ethernet cable should I look for to make sure it's ...
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Can a wired router set up as the main router, act as the DHCP for all devices connected wirelessly to the secondary router?

I am trying to set up my home network with the following setup: Main router - wired router with 8 ports to connect all outlets in the house Secondary router in computer room port - Wireless, will ...
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How do I check if my network card has been detected and is working?

Hello I am using Ubuntu 10, and am having problems with getting connected to wired internet. Normally when I connect a cable to my computer, the port would have a green and yellow light flashing. But ...
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How do I connect to internet from command prompt?

I'm trying to create a task that connects to internet at a specified time. I have a broadband wired connection that I use to connect to the internet. How do I manage connect/disconnect of this ...
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Windows IP address cached even after cable unplugged?

I have a PC which connects to a network by both wired cable and wireless. Of course, it has 2 IP Addresses : 192.168.5.111 and 192.168.5.112. (Subnet mask 255.255.255.0) As usual, the PC picks the ...
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My wireless speed is very slow but my wired speed is normal

I have several laptops in the house, plus a desktop that has wired internet. (The laptops are wireless) The desktop's internet speed is normal, but on the laptops really sluggish. It can barely load a ...
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totally wired house [closed]

I would like to run a very efficient wired house in terms of Computers, Wifi, Printer, scanner, Samsung (Wifi) TV, DVR, Wii, XBox, Home entertainment center, recording movies, music and all the other ...
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My mouse disconnects when not touching a surface, and lags to start moving the mouse, but will work pefectly fine till I pick it up to move it

I'm having a problem trying to get my mouse to work. It will just sound like it's connecting and disconnecting when it's not on something, and when I put it back down it takes a moment to work(Thank ...
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Computer is telling me, "Not connected - No connections are available" Despite the fact I am connected to the internet?

Just got a new PSU because my old one was on the way out. Started up my computer and everything works fine except for a yellow triangle with a warning tick on the Network and Sharing center icon on my ...
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Wired ethernet connection not working after suspend on Debian

I have been using Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) for over a year on my laptop. Since the last update the wired Ethernet connection is not working after the system resumes from hibernating. Restarting the ...
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How can I tell if my wired ethernet connection is using 802.1X authentication on Windows 7?

From a command prompt (or a script) I'd like to be able to query the wired interface to determine if it has succesfully established an 802.1X connection, or if it has fallen back to unauthenticated ...
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Is it possible to setup and switch multiple wired IEEE802.1X authentication profiles in windows 7?

In Windows 7, I use two IEEE802.1X wired network authentitication settings which I have to change by hand, since every time I switch the configuration, the old one is lost. (In Linux this is trivially ...
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Reinstalled Windows 7. Ethernet not detected anymore

In fact, wireless was not detected at first either for whatever reason, until I pulled out my USB wifi adapter and put it back in. Right now, Local Area Connection does not even show up in Control ...
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Can I cut a keyboard in half?

I have a keyboard I have taken apart and I only use the number pad. My question is, can I cut off the rest? My keyboard:
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Using wired LAN and wireless tethering network

I have a PC connected to the LAN of my organization. Now we have a issue with internet connection so I have activated tethering on my smartphone and connected my laptop to the wireless network of ...
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My input devices (mouse/keyboard) disconnect during use

I am having an input device problem that's interfering with my work and it has recently started occurring more frequently making it unbearable. I have a wired Asus Mobtuo mouse and keyboard that came ...
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LAN to WAN or LAN to LAN repeater

I find a lot of tutorial how to set up repeater but this will not work, because signal between main router and router that I want to make a repeater is poor. I have been using second router as ...
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Mouse hardware frustration

The mouse is a wonderful invention, but every one I've ever bought other than the very most basic has failed me in one way or another. Hopefully the collective wisdom of the superuser community can ...
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Delete eth0 avahi from the ifconfig list

Hello this is the response I get from ifconfig. Now I have two eth0 things being showed up. I need to delete the second one which says eth0:avahi. I posted my ifconfig's response on a site as I has ...
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IP conflict on macOS High Sierra: find log with hardware address of conflicting device

I am on a university network with a computer running macOS High Siera that has its IP address assigned via DHCP. On a regular basis (1 or 2 times a week), I lose all network connectivity for several ...
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Wired mouse cursor moving extremely slow

I have a wired HP mouse that has been working fine for many months with my laptop. Suddenly the cursor started moving extremely slow. I have read other online articles on this issue but nothing seems ...
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Low Internet (wired) speed on H110 based motherboard

I bought and assembled a new PC. It runs on Gigabyte H110 based MOBO, i3 6100 Skylake CPU, no dedicated GPU card, 8GB DDR3 memory, SSD disk. Ever since I installed an OS on it (Windows 10 N first and ...
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Can't access many websites through wired connection

On my laptop I can't access a lot of websites, other websites can be accessed but no images. As an example google.com doesn't work but I can use bing.com. This is only an issue on wired connection, ...
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kde debian jessie wifi & wired simultaneously

I am running debian jessie with kde desktop. I have a wifi network with an attached printer and a wired network with internet access. I need to use them simultaneously; however, if I enable wifi, ...
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Public Computers randomly dropping internet connection

I just started working at a Public Library in East Tennessee we are having persistent problems with our public computers losing internet connectivity repeatedly out of the blue. The problem most ...
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No wired connection in Debian, how to find cause?

I've lost wired connection in Debian. Yesterday it worked perfectly. The network-manager says 'cable unplugged', which is false. How to find the cause, and solve that?
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TpLink Vlan not working with dd-wrt

swconfig list swconfig dev [port |vlan ] (help|set |get |load |show) after running command swconfig list i am getting the above reply. if you could please help. Router name & Firmware : [ ...
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How can I capture the outgoing traffic from a Bridge?

Sorry if my question is unclear. I am not network expert. I have a Bridge that connects my network to an external network comprises of several nodes. The Bridge receives my request including the ...
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Run program by different network connection in Windows platform

I am using Windows 7 There're two internet connections: (A) wired lan and (B) wireless lan There're two programs I want to run: (1) outlook and (2) browser Can I run outlook by wired lan and browser ...
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Wired and wireless network file sharing

I have connected my Internet to a buffalo air station router and a swtich. Computers and Laptops on this network connect to the Internet wired and wirelessly. I would like to share files locally on ...
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One computer has "limited connectivity", and wrong IP, from one wall socket

The problem is only at one point of the wired network. If the computer is connected to a different point it works. Running ipconfig shows it has a different IP address and no DNS data at this socket....
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How to connect wired ubuntu server to network

I checked a few threads and followed some steps but still having problem I have a Cisco E2000 WiFi router, to which I have Mac wireless connected From Mac, I visit 192.168.1.1 and I can see ...
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Apple Time Capsule / 802.11ac to wired network is slower than I'd expect

I've got a Macbook Pro connected to an Apple Time Capsule wirelessly. It's using 802.11ac and the detailed view of the wireless connection shows this: The transfer speed is typically being shown in ...
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We have 2 computers, one wireless only (new, windows 10) and one wired only (old, vista) and we want hook both to our dsl.

We are a historical society with very old volunteers that want to use the old (vista) machine they are comfortable with. It's hooked to our DSL router just to read email and do some basic data entry. ...
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Is a wireless acces point always wired to a router? [closed]

The wireless acces point (WAP) needs to connect to a router for internet connection. Is it possible to connect the WAP wireless to a router? Thanks
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Are there any battery-powered Ethernet-to-Wireless adaptors? [closed]

Consider the following situation. I have several non-PC devices (e.g. robots & network cameras) and a PC on a wired network. The non-PC devices have an ethernet port and I plug LAN cables between ...
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How to connect wired network to wireless

I have a wired network and my neigbhors offered to share wireless internet. How do I connect my ethernet networks to wireless. I don't understand There is ethernet port, wire and where d o I plugin ...
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Mac Mini disconnects from wired network at random times

My Mac Mini from 2007 always stayed connected to my home network. No problems. (Wired, NOT wireless.) All this week it becomes disconnected at random times. Nothing can re-connect it... until I ...
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How to establish connection to another pc using wired Lan on Ubuntu 10.04

I have tried changing inet address on eth0 after attaching to wired Lan. I manage to ping myself.But when I ping another PC, i get destination host unreachable message. Please help. I have tried so ...
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pfsense - slow connection to internet from wired network but not from wireless/wifi

summary: internet speed tests indicate that the connection to the internet from my wired network is very slow, while speed tests from a device on my wifi network gets the expected (much faster) result....
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Slow LAN speed 10 mbps instead of 100 mbps

I've just bought Mele Quieter 2 mini PC and faced the problem with low speed of "Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller" adapter. It always shows connection as 10 mbps: What I've tried: ...
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Networking Issues After Updating to Windows 10

I recently updated two computers from Windows 7 to Windows 10 that were on the same wired network and worked just fine. After the update, computer A and B can see both computers on the network. ...
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Bluetooth dongle causing Wired mouse to stutter

I've just got a new office PC. I've plugged in a ASUS USB-BT400 bluetooth dongle so that I can use a set of TaoTronics wireless headphones. Whenever I play sound over the bluetooth headset, my wired ...
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Make wired printer a wireless

I just figured out a technicality that can save others time to turn a wired printer (with tcp port) into a wireless printer. My printer is hooked via ethernet cable to dd-wrt router (my setup is 2 ...
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Move internet connection to a different floor

I want to migrate my internet to the second floor of my house, where i will have two PCs, leaving none at the ground floor. I already have a cat5 cable (just one) going from this floor to the second ...
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Connected to a wired network, but internet doesn't work

Wired network shows connected, but internet doesn't work. Iam using Ubuntu 17.04 sudo lshw -C network shows following in terminal : description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI ...
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