Questions tagged [wireless-networking]
Also known as WiFi. This tag should be used when asking home WiFi networking questions or connecting your personal computer to a public network. Questions about enterprise or corporate wireless networks are off topic.
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Is there any way to configure wireless settings for all access points in the network?
I have a fairly large house, with a main router (Asus) that handles the internet connection as well as DHCP, firewall, etc. This router is connected to an ethernet switch, which is connected to ...
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How to setup proxy in your network?
I have cisco DPC2320 WiFi Modem. I want to setup a proxy in my whole network. So that any device which connects to my network through WiFi or LAN would have a proxy.
Can anyone please help me out?
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How to share files from wifi connected devices to Wired connected devices?
I have many computers connected to wired LAN, with fixed IP addresses. I have connected one IP address / connection to WiFi router . Now I am facing problem for sharing files using file sharing, As ...
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Wifi settings do not show up
What I face for these few days are:
The wireless devices for wifi from PC settings does not show up.
When I press the fn & signal symbol at the keyboard, it always shows my airplane mode on and ...
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Internet speed stutters—even Ethernet connected devices—when Wi-Fi is enabled on a D-Link DSL-2750U ADSL Wi-Fi router
At my workplace, we have a D-Link DSL-2750U ADSL Wi-Fi Router which is connected to a 24-port D-Link Ethernet switch. It is a very small setup. About 20 clients connect to the network (including ...
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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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Change DNS server in ZyXEL modem
The model of my modem is: ZyXEL P-2802HWL-I1, I want to change my DNS to 8.8.8.8 but I have a big problem.
There are two section for changing my DNS server:
One Path: "Network -> LAN -> DHCP Setup ...
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How do we stop or reduce P2P use of the guest Wifi?
I support a small business' tech issues. Their guest Wi-Fi is important since they want people sitting around and consuming their product. We’re currently using a consumer-grade access point with DD-...
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Ralink rt3090 Wireless 802.11n drivers acting goofy in Slackware 14.0
To begin with, my laptop (Lenovo b575) has been able to successfully connect to WEP and WPA2 networks within the last several days, but performance has been iffy. When the interface did work the ...
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kali linux and its feature of wifi hot-spot
I cant see any option of changing the password of my hot-spot created in Kali.
How can i change the password?
It is always the same password whenever I start hot-spot service.
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Localized WiFi problems in Windows 10
I live in a large apartment complex with hundreds of APs broadcasting a single network. I also have my own cheap Netgear AP broadcasting my own private network.
I frequently have issues with my WiFi ...
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Ubuntu Additional Drivers not appearing 14.04
I have a Dell laptop, and I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 as a dual-boot apart from Windows.
I partitioned the installation properly, but after the installation was done I tried to connect to WiFi ...
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Not receiving good speed on a particular Wi-Fi network
I am using a shared Wi-Fi connection. I am the only person who is not getting good Internet speed. Other devices receive great speed.
My system setup is:
OS: Windows Vista Home Basic
Laptop: Dell ...
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Show welcome website before using wifi
My idea is simple but i dont know how to do the result.
I made a free wifi hotspot in our "company" via tplink WR940N.
All id like to do now, is to user, that uses our wifi, will be after he ...
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Windows 8.1 not connecting to Wifi from PSK
I have a 64 byte hex PSK for a Wifi network, but when I enter it in Windows 8.1 it refuses to connect: if I enter it from the connection dialog it says it is incorrect, but if I try to enter it with a ...
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Wireless Ethernet Bridge: Client IP address not on router dhcp table
I have a desktop computer connected to my wifi via a Linksys WES610N wireless ethernet bridge.
Currently the bridge is assigned the IP address 10.0.0.6.
The desktop is assigned the IP address 10.0.0....
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2 ISP's, 2 Modems & 1 Network
I have a DSL ISP that goes through a combo modem/wireless router (AT&T NVG510) upstairs (which is required to send a signal to my wireless devices). I have broadband ISP cable with modem (...
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Wifi Extender/Multiple Routers on 1 Network
I live with a bunch of people in a pretty big building. We've always had terrible WiFi and we're trying to improve it. Basically, we'll upgrade our routers (just upgraded bandwidth).
We have several ...
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Ethernet to USB adaptor will it work?
I have a WD MYbook-live NAS drive with only one ethernet port and WD MY Passport ultra portable drive with only 1 USB port.
I want to be able to connect the passport ultra drive to my home network ...
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Linux Mint 17 can't connect to library wifi
I have some troubles with connecting to library wifi NTK-Simple. I can connect to this NTK-Simple with my mobile, also I can connect with this mint laptop to wifi at my home, my mobile hotspot etc. It ...
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Vigor2925 keeps dropping connectivity
For the past few days our router has been dropping all connectivity, mean computers lose connection to the Internet, and to the router itself I believe (we also have a switch in place).
The setup is ...
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No DHCP lease with wlan0
I am trying to configure wlan0 on my host. It should be simple, but it's not working :(
In /etc/network/interfaces,
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "blahblah"
wpa-psk "mykey"
then ...
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Windows 7 laptop showing network as unidentified
I have a Dell precision 4800 Laptop which is most of the time hooked up to the LAN at the users desk. Out on our production floor we have 4 Access Points, each on their own VLAN except for 1 which ...
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Network transfer speed very slow using nc (netcat) over Wi-fi LAN
Anybody could have a hint why my home Wi-fi transfer using nc is so slow?
What I've got:
1) Xubuntu machine with Atheros:
$ lspci | grep -i wireless
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros ...
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A low latency wireless network for 200+ users? [closed]
I'm developing a mobile application with realtime voice communication between two device in the same local wireless network.
Our biggest challenge is to have a minimum latency during this conversation ...
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How do I setup WD My Cloud Backup via my Verizon Air Card?
I had originally set up the WD My Cloud on with an Ethernet connection 3 years ago.
We have now moved to a remote location, and I only have our wireless hot spots on our phones, and my Verizon ...
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Bridged pc pc network in sleepmode
I have bridged the lan and wifi conections on my desktop, and i'm trying to figure out how to keep this bridge active while the desktop is in sleep mode. Any ideas? In case it's relevant, im using a ...
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Wifi router and bridge
This is my first post in any blog. I got stuck with a little challenge regarding wireless routers capabilities.
Is there a way to have a wifi router that connects all my devices (wirelessly) into my ...
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How to share internet using hub instead of wifi router
I have broadband, and my ISP set up my windows PC for the internet via a Ethernet cable. But my other PC (which runs Ubuntu Linux) can't now connect to the Internet. My ISP suggests using a Wifi ...
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Sharing Mobile Internet to a WiFi network
I have a home network setup (multiple devices connected to a router) but i access Internet from my Mobile Phone. I know that we can create a hotspot from my Android Mobile but that would create a ...
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Mobile devices given name of “occam” or “Razor” when viewing network in Windows 7 and later?
I’ve encountered various threads, on support.microsoft.com and on various Windows support forums, where a user (like myself, today and in the past) has seen an unknown mobile device (represented with ...
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Create it so I don't have to login to windows when I am connected to a certain wifi network?
How can I make it so if I am connected to a certain wifi network that I don't have to type in a username and password into the computer. But when not connect it requires a username and password. I am ...
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Why does it take a shorter time to ping a website like google than a device on my wireless network?
I was trying to test the performance of my wireless network by pinging devices such as phones and laptops that are connected to it.
It turns out that I get very high pings (~100-200ms) when I try to ...
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OpenWRT cannot see wifi settings in luci
I have upgraded to OpenWrt (just upgraded to Chaos Calmer 15.0 on a tp-link 1043nd ) but I cannot find the wifi settings in Luci (LuCI (git-15.248.30277-3836b45) ). The wireless works fine, several ...
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OpenWRT - Guest Wi-Fi on bridged client
I have a spare WRT160NL which I configured as bridged client, mainly following this guide.
Main Routers IP is 192.168.178.1 which also connects to the internet. WRT's IP is 192.168.178.2, this device ...
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Connect to wifi while hosting AP on another iface
I have two wireless interfaces. wlan1 and wlan0. And I want to host some Access Point on wlan1 (airbase-ng and isc-dhcp-server) and redirect packets from access point interface(at0) to wlan0 which ...
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Is it worth getting a MIMO network adapter?
I will be getting a new 802.11n adapter soon. Will getting a two-antenna MIMO adapter potentially improve bandwidth and/or signal quality if my router does not support MIMO? If yes, how should i ...
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Wifi won't automatically connect if ethernet connected
I recently bought a Belkin AC876 USB wifi adapter for my desktop, but I've noticed that it will not automatically connect if I also have an ethernet cable connected as well. As soon as I disable the ...
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How to Improve ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Speeds
I recently upgraded my wireless router to an ASUS RT-AC68U. I pay for Google Fiber's gigabit speed so I think I should be able to get decent wireless speeds with this router. The problem is that I'm ...
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Bad connection at friends home, good connection at my home
I bought a new laptop a few months ago and I have problems with staying connected to wifi. When at home I don't have any problems but when I am at a friend it keeps disconnecting when playing an ...
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How important is it to manually configure different Wi-Fi access points on the same SSID to different channels?
I have a home network with two Wi-Fi access points:
One Netgear WN604.
One ZyXEL VMG1312-B10A (the latter also connects the whole network to the Internet via VDSL).
Both are on the same SSID as per ...
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Some WiFi networks missing since windows 10 upgrade
Ever since the upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10, some of the WiFi networks I was previously able to connect to have gone missing (not all of them, though).
I have tried the solution offered here, ...
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device not accessible from a device that is connected to the same network over wifi
I have wifi router, all my devices connect to this for internet access.
I have 2 laptops and 1 mobile device. By ifconfig
I have figured out that,
Laptop 1 has ip 192.168.1.3
Laptop 2 has ip 192.168.1....
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Failing to reconnect to Internet on wakeup: OSX 10.10.5 (14F27) MacBook Pro Retina (late 2013)
I've been having this issue for a while, but not the whole life of the machine: upon waking from sleep (closed laptop or sleep due to inactivity) the wireless adapter will connect to the access point, ...
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Slow speed on Raspberry Pi 2, WiFi to WiFi
I have Raspberry Pi 2 as router, with usb adapters:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:1006 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN322G v3 / TL-WN422G v2 802.11g [Atheros AR9271]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID ...
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ping: sendmsg - no more space in buffer in Ubuntu 15
My internet connection dropping very frequently and if I try to ping I get the message "ping: sendmsg - no more space in buffer". If I reconnect the wifi in works fine for sometime then it happens ...
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How do I monitor internet data usage for a specific network?
So here's my problem. I am using a wifi hotspot from Airtel (in India) that provides internet connectivity via a SIM card on their 4G network.
The data goes to 0 way too quickly (in my opinion) and ...
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Retrieve password from auto login page
I realize there are several similar posts but I believe this one is unique.
I usually sign into a a wireless network that does not have WEP. There is no password listed in the properties.
However, ...
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Can't reach devices behind a router which is behind a router
I have a similar network setup as the one in the given link.
Network Diagram
The problem is, the other router devices and router itself cannot ping devices behind my router
and my router devices and ...
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USB tethering faster than WiFi tethering with VPN
I've been scratching my head trying to figure this one out.
I have a sim card with unlimited data access however, after a certain limit, the operator throttles the connection speed to about 512 Kbps....