A wireless network is any kind of computer network that is connected through a wireless medium, primarily known as using a wireless router creating a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).

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Windows 7 shows only current wireless network in “manage wireless networks”

my Windows 7 shows only the current connected wireless network in "manage wireless networks". Because of that I'm not able to remove other networks, which I won't use anymore. I'm sure that there ...
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can't get windows vista to connect to my router unless I use short password

My daughter's emachines D620 was recently fitted with a new drive and all software supposedly re-installed by the tech. Since then, it no longer connects to the internet through my wireless router. ...
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Can I hide a wireless network

Is there any way to "not advertise" my wireless network to the world in Windows XP SP3? I'm not relying on this for intrusion security. I've read the article. My wireless network has WPA2 with a ...
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How to share mutliple internet connections in Windows 7

I have set up a virtual WLAN adapter for connecting my phone to my Laptop like the following: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<ssid> key=<key> keyUsage=persistent netsh wlan ...
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My Dell Laptop is not connecting with wifi router

One of my Dell laptop is not connecting with wifi network, once i troubleshot, then it show message to restart your WIFI router, but after restarting the router its not connecting. Earlier, this ...
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Work VPN only slow on at my house

I am connecting to my work VPN from home. It is EXTREMELY SLOW. network admin and sys admin see no issues on the VPN side. IE, it is working properly from them when they are on the vpn and the ...
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How do access points determine the power of an associated or non-associated client?

I've been searching everywhere, and cannot figure out how access points determine the signal power of nearby clients. I haven't found this information in any of the wifi packet tutorials, so I can ...
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How to access web server on Raspberry Pi that has bridged eth0 and wlan0

I previously asked this question and now I'd like to make this work. At first br0 was using the same MAC address as wlan0, so it would only get the same IP. However I was able to use ip link set br0 ...
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Wifi has connection issues

I have a Netgear JNR1010 router. When I use the Wifi connection without my PC plugged into the router's LAN port everything is fine . But when I have my PC plugged in I frequently encounter problems. ...
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Why are there multiple wireless driver for one notebook model

Today one of my friend called to ask me about installing wireless drivers on his freshly installed Windows system. I guided him to his notebook's manufacturer (Acer) where we discovered that there ...
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Using multiple Networks on 1 Bridge

Im using 2 TP-Link TL-WA7510N to bridge a internet connection the connection is using a captive portal for my guests via pfsense. What i would like to do now is run a pc on the same connection without ...
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Wireless roaming in mixed 2.4GHz and 5GHz environment

I have 2 Buffalo dual band 2.4G/5G access points and a D-Link Dir 300 2.4G access point all running on the same SSID. I realised then that when my devices roamed to the Dir-300 and roam back it will ...
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Add a third computer to a routerless network.

Here's what I already have; three computer. one desk top running on windows xp, one laptop running on windows 8 (yeah, it sucks) and a second lap top running on windows vista. One internetless ...
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My Belkin F7D4301 Router has slow wireless speeds but fast Ethernet speeds

My Belkin F7D4301 Router has the fastest wireless speed of maybe 2MBps but wired with a cat5e cable to my asus laptop of almost 7MBps. I have a one smart tv, one blu ray, one roku, and a nexus 7 using ...
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Bridging Wifi to Ethernet on Ubuntu not working

When running Windows I was able to bridge my wifi connect through my laptops Ethernet connection so a range of ethernet only devices could piggy back off my wifi (Raspberry Pi, Xbox etc etc). I am ...
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I was wondering how to throttle your LAN connection not use qos

I currently own a verizon mifi 2200. I was wondering how to throttle other connections on the network. I am pretty sure that mifi 2200 does not have the QoS options. I have linux and windows avalible. ...
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Change the channel of a Windows 7 wifi hosted network

I'm having performance problems with my phone connecting to a Windows 7 wifi hosted network. My phone can connect to the network and somewhat browse the web but the connection is sluggish - the ...
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Linux bcm43224 wifi adapter slows down a couple minutes after boot

I just installed Ubuntu on my mid 2012 MacBook Air. Everything worked out of the box, but the wifi is showing some weird behavior. When I first login it's really fast, loading google.com is near ...
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Does bridging two network interfaces prevent web server access running on the host?

I have a Raspberry Pi setup as a wireless bridge for an XBox (i.e. Ethernet bridged to the wifi). Currently I can plug in a keyboard directly to reconfigure. Since the bridging works at the lowest two ...
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os x 10.6.8 sudden wi-fi problems (no recent upgrade)

MacBook pro, os x 10.6.8 for many months. No recent OS changes. Connected easily @ home & different location this morning. Suddenly no connection @ 3rd location. Back home now, connected on ...
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Windows 8: Simultaneously use Wifi and Wireless Broadband - routing

I have the following situation in Win 8: Internet-Connection is provided by a USB stick. But while having this connection, I would also like to use a WIFI connection (to an apple airport express in ...
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Can't connect to internet on Linux after installing Windows 8 [closed]

I just installed Windows 8 on my new SSD but since then I can't connect to internet from OpenSUSE 12.3. I've had issues with my grub after installing windows 8 so I had to reinstall the grub. I am now ...
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There might be error with the driver for the wireless network adapter

This is error which I get when I try to analyze my wireless network. I installed every driver I had on my CD and my external wireless card is working. But with this one I can't even scan networks, ...
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home network with two routers + vpn

I'm in a campus where my house is wired with a LAN and outlets in every room. I want to set up a) a wireless router (say 192.168.0.x) that let's me reach location on the campus network. b) a ...
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Cannot Use the Wireless Hosted Network Feature on Windows 7

I have 2 pc's. One of them have a broadband internet connection. Now for the second pc I connect it wirelessly to the first through a wireless USB adapter. I set up the the first pc to act as a proxy ...
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Wired computers can't see the wireless computers

I have a Netgear SRX5308 router with DHCP enabled as follows: Router IP 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Start IP 192.168.1.100 End IP 192.168.1.254 DNS 1 192.168.1.71 DNS 2 192.168.1.72 Then ...
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How to fight network latency and jitter issues on Wifi?

I'm having problems with my Wifi connection. I did a test on PingTest.net with the following results: Packet Loss: 0% Ping: 103ms Jitter: 29ms Same test but from another machine on the network ...
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Is there a way to access a log of all recent activity that happened on my computer (MB Air)?

So I logged onto this unrestricted WiFi network, and I just want to be safe and make sure no one has been messing around on my computer. Anyone know a way to access a log of all recent activity on my ...
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Streaming audio-in via WiFi

I've a DJ Setup in one room, and a PC which has an audio-in, now I want in the same WiFi network but another room stream that audio-in with as less latency as possible. I tried shoutcast already, but ...
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Virtualbox 4.1.20 No Network Access from Guest on Windows XP

I cannot get the VirtualBox guest to connect to the host or vice-versa. Whatever network setting I change on the guest does not seem to make any difference. I can see the internet and all the ...
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setting up linux routing table for mutliple wifi connections

I would like to increase the speed when downloading large files on a public hotspot by using both a built-in wifi-adapter (wlan0) and a wifi-usb-stick (wlan1). As bonding wifi-devices does not seem ...
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Two access points with same SSID, loosing connectivity on mobile devices

I have two access points, with the same SSID, same security mode (WPA/WPA2), operating at different channels (1 and 6). I have set the first of them (192.168.1.1) to operate as a DHCP server, while ...
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Connecting to Hidden Networks fails in Windows 8

I'm aware of similar threads like this: How do I connect a Windows 8 laptop to a wireless network (which has a hidden SSID)? But apparently there are no definite answers to this question. In short, ...
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Port open, but not forwarding

I have a Buffalo WZR-1800h, and I opened port 25565 on it and forwarded it to an active server which I can connect locally to. We just got a new router and the server ran flawlessly on the other ...
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How are IP addresses assigned in a Wifi ad-hoc network? [closed]

When connecting two devices with Wifi in ad-hoc mode is there a standard way of assigning IP addresses? E.g. is DHCP used, static addresses, or link local addresses? How would one device know the IP ...
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Small business wireless network for 2 DSL connections [closed]

We've been trying to improve internet access reliability for 15 users. We currently have 2 independent DSL channels with ZTE modem/wireless access points. We've identified that: The wireless on ...
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macbook cannot access google sites but only if using WEP

It's the weirdest networking puzzle I've ever encountered... I have a working Wifi network using a Netgear WGR614 router. It's configured with WEP authentication. 4 linux computers, two iphones and ...
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3G router for outdoor usage [closed]

My boss have asked me to help find a solution for networking in our warehouses. Since they are at a remote location, I need to find a solution that include a 3G router. The warehouses are not heated. ...
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Wireless client Ethernet adapter that will allow me to prioritise wireless networks

Here's the question: does a device exist that can act as a wifi to Ethernet client that can automatically connect to more than one wireless network based on priority? Here's the reason: I live in a ...
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my HP laptop knocks other laptop off wireless network

I have a work HP laptop and my husband has an IBM. When I logon to wireless and VPN it knocks his connection off and we have to reboot (and unplug) the router for his to work again. It's like my ...
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How do I use BSNL wirless modem to other internet connection

Hi all I have a BSNL wifi Router I was using that for BSNL Connection, Now I changed the connection to a local Internet provider(wired Internet). They have given an Ethernet cable that directly ...
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Is this (wireless) network layout possible with clearos?

I am planning the layout of my future home network. On it, I want to use a small pc with clearos on it as a firewall/server/router. However, I'm having trouble with the wireless part of my network. I ...
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Why can't I access internet via my router?

I have a Linksys E3000 router that I'm trying to set up. I've connected the cable from my ISP to the Internet port of the router, and accessed its GUI via the wireless connection (had no other cable). ...
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Forwarding traffic using nc on a linux box

On my system, I am sharing my internet which is on eth0 (ethernet) through wlan0 (wifi card). I am then using mitmproxy to monitor the traffic and look into the ssl packets. However, mitmproxy only ...
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Toshiba laptop suddenly has no internet connections

I'd had my new laptop for a month and it had been working fine, when suddenly it said there was no internet connection (while I was using it). I checked the router, turned everything (laptop and ...
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Monitoring WI-FI HTTP requests?

I was just wondering if it's possible to monitor HTTP requests sent & received to a WIFI network. If so, how is it done and how can I protect myself from it?
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Can someone recover “permanently” deleted files remotely via wifi?

I'm a newbie and I'm concerned about the safety of the files in my laptop. I recently deleted some confidential files, and I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to access my laptop via wifi and ...
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Windows 8 dropping wifi connection

I have a laptop where I just installed Windows 8, and since that moment the wireless connection is making me crazy. Most of the times it loses the connection to the network, a few times it just loses ...
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Wi-Fi network speed drops occasionally

The problem is that I periodically experience major speed drop in my Wi-Fi home network. Sometimes I even loose the connection at all. Videos on Youtube don't load normally and webpages don't load ...
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1 ip address, 2 networks, 2 routers

I've been dealing with the following problem for a few days now and would kindly ask you for suggestions on what did I configured wrong. In my Office I need 2 networks, one for my desktop & ...

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