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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netsh wlan add profile not importing encrypted passphrase
I exported a wireless network connection profile from a Windows 7 machine correctly connected to a WiFi network with a WPA-TKIP passphrase. The exported xml file shows the correct settings and a ...
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Run a script when connected to wireless
I'm after a way of running a script (on Windows) when a network connection is established.
Background: I'm looking at the potential of having a low powered computer that sits in the boot of my car ...
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How does Connectify work?
I recently found out about Connectify, which can create a full (as opposed to ad hoc) access point using only a computer. It also allows to share an internet connection from another WiFi network.
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Is looking for Wi-Fi access points purely passive?
Say I carry a Wi-Fi enabled phone or laptop through an area where there are WAPs. Assuming that I don't actively try to connect to them or otherwise interact with them, is it possible for the owner ...
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Are there any wireless routers that allow bandwidth monitoring and throttling?
Are there any wireless routers that would allow me to see what clients are hogging up bandwidth and that would let me limit them so that they can't grab it all? Both wifi-wise and internet-wise.
I ...
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WiFi is interfering with wireless Logitech VX Revolution mouse
I'd been having trouble with my Logitech VX Revolution wireless mouse after about 2 years of ownership. I figured that, since I use it all the time, it was worn out. The problem I was having was ...
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difference between access point and bridge?
What is the difference between a wireless access point and a bridge? I have a wireless router downstairs and a wireless router/access point upstairs in my office. I want to connect the desktop in my ...
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Why do I regularily lose my wireless connection?
I use a wireless connection to access the Internet, and lately (since upgrading to ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala) it has started to be a pain in the ***. Every once in a while (loosing count at the end of ...
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Multiple access point with same SSID but all connections goes to only one access point
So I have three multiple access points with same SSID, installed within 60 ft of each other.
AP1 - Ch 1 - Linksys WAP4400N
AP2 - Ch 6 - Linksys WAP4400N
AP3 - Ch 11 - HP V-M200
95% ~ 100% of ...
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How can I prevent Desktop Users from viewing the wireless password?
The title says it; I want to prevent users from viewing the wireless network password on Ubuntu. It's easily viewable through the included application called seahorse.
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What is the right way to use Internet Sharing in OS X?
For a while now I've been using the Wireless in my Mac Mini as a seperate WiFi access point because my main router doesn't quite cover my whole house. There is a dedicated CAT 5E line down to the ...
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wi-fi connection drops periodically for a few seconds
I've read the similar question on wireless connections dropping, but no answer seems to apply to my case
I have configured the wi-fi lan of my router to broadcast sid and use WPA-PSK.
Every few ...
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How to troubleshoot DHCP problems?
This question was originally titled "How to gather information about suspicious wireless access point?" but then this topic has been moved to another question, leaving here discussion of connection ...
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Using a Wi-Fi router as bridge to increase the signal?
A friend of mine lives in an appartment building whose structure is such that the Wi-Fi signal is very weak. Even a USB key won't work.
I was thinking of buying an entry-level Wi-Fi router and ...
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How to share an internet connection? (Peer to Peer Network)
How should I create a network, so that I could share my internet with another computer using Wi-fi. Is there any way to make it password protected. I am using Windows XP.
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Why is MAC-based authentication insecure?
Most wireless routers can use MAC-based authentication as part of their overall security scheme. It seems like a good idea, but I've heard that it is very ineffective, because it's easy to spoof MAC ...
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How to get wireless coverage over my whole house? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What’s the best way to increase the range of my 802.11g router?
My wireless router does not cover my whole house... Can I do something maybe with multiple routers, ...
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Wireless network stops working in XP until reconnect
I have rather strange issue with my wireless connection. Once in a while my computer just breaks all the internet connections and couldn't connect anywhere else. It does not however get disconnected ...
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Can I use my PC as a WiFi router?
I've got a new laptop with a wireless card which runs Windows 7. At work, I put the laptop in a docking station that gives the laptop a hardwired internet connection and functions pretty much like ...
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Troubleshooting Sony Vaio intermittent WiFi connection?
I recently got a Sony VAIO laptop (VPC-CA3C5E) for my wife, and I'm having problems with my Wi-Fi connection that I don't know how to troubleshoot.
This is the information I can think of:
The ...
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Export/Import Windows XP wireless configs
About to rebuild my XP install and figured I'd see if there was a file or interface for collecting the configs for the built in Windows XP wireless manager.
I've looked under the "advance settings" ...
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Why is “Free Public Wi-Fi” always an option in View Wireless Networks?
Whenever I go to View Wireless Networks in Windows, there is always an unsecured computer-to-computer network called "Free Public Wi-Fi". You can't get any connection from it, but why is is always ...
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Windows keeps using a preferred DNS server?
I have trouble using Panera WiFi, and I finally tracked down the problem:
Every time I reboot, Windows resets my TCP/IP settings for my wireless adapter to use a specific DNS server, instead of ...
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Why does Windows 7 assume there is a new network connection when connecting to an existing access point?
I have been using my home ADSL and when I had problems with it, switched to my iPhone for network access. This mostly works as planned, but I have noticed that Windows 7 creates a new network name ...
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Wireless router with repeater setup
I have 2 netgear routers "WGR614 v6" and "WNR2000". How to set these up (one as a repeater) to get wireless access throughout my large house?
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Can't ping other machines in my network
I've got 3 machines on my network, all running Windows 7.
None of them can ping each other, either by name or IP address. (And because of this, they also can't see each other on the network, can't ...
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How do I watch or stream movies over WiFi without constant stuttering?
I've got a bunch of movies on my desktop. Each one is around 700MB long, so for an average movie this is around 128 kb/s.
My WiFi is capable of transferring the movies at an average speed of 1 MB/s, ...
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Does it use less power to connect to a tethered phone using USB or wifi or bluetooth?
If you are tethering to the internet through your mobile and your notebook is low on power you may want that connection to use the least possible power for your notebook. A USB connection will charge ...
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Is it possible to communicate to other WiFi users in the house?
I was wondering if it is possible for me to communicate to other WiFi users?
At my flat, there are about 12 people using WiFi from the same modem and, sometimes, they seem to use it too much all at ...
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Connect to WiFi network using Mac Terminal
Every time I try to find out how to do this, I find out how to do it on a linux, and it doesn't transfer. How do I connect to a WiFi network using Mac Terminal Bash?
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Wifi poor SNR, reasons and solutions:
I'd like to know technically how to diagnose whats causing poor signals and how to improve:
Now I have a D-Link DIR-655 and its signal level is set to full, but the router model should not be the ...
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WiFi dropping every 1-2 minutes only on campus network
I have a 6 month old Macbook Pro which works fine with WiFi everywhere that I've tried it besides on my college campus. The WiFi worked fine in the Spring on campus, but they changed to a new system ...
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Can I upgrade my wireless network reach by switching the router from 802.11g to 802.11n without upgrading all the clients?
I have a wireless network in my home that consists of a 802.11g/b router connected directly to my broadband provider and several devices (Ipod, Xbox, Laptops, etc) that access the network over the ...
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Recommendation for USB based 802.11n network adapter with native driver support in Linux? [closed]
Can you recommend a USB based 802.11n network adapter that has native driver support for Linux?
In particular,
I don't want to use ndiswrapper.
The card must support WPA (preferably through WPA ...
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How do I use a 2Wire 2701HG-B as a router only?
I recently switched from DSL to cable Internet. I have a 2Wire 2701HG-B modem/wireless router that I would like to use as just a wireless router.
I tried hooking up the cable modem directly to the ...
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Windows 7 Set Default Network Connection
How can I set the default network connection to be Ethernet.
It seems my wireless card in my new laptop becomes active before the Ethernet and leaves me with that connection which is much slower than ...
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Why on my laptop net speed shows 65Mbps while my wifi router's mode is set to 150Mbps?
On my wifi router i have set the mode to 150Mbps, but when i connect to this router it shows only 65 Mbps on my laptop. Why it is so?
Does that mean my router is not capable to transfer at 150Mbps or ...
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Bonding two wifi adapters
I saw a network once that used bonding (some people called it "port trunking") to combine two network cards into a single connection to get twice the bandwidth. I have a slow Wifi network with not so ...
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Is it possible to use a laptop as a “router”, using an old hub and connecting other devices to a wifi laptop?
I have a wi-fi connection at home. My laptop uses it.
I want to use an old ethernet hub that I have, connect two ethernet cables (one in a ps3, one in a media center) on it, and a cable going to my ...
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Can't detect wireless networks, running ubuntu 9.10 on eeepc 1000he
I am running Ubuntu 9.10 on an ASUS eeepc 1000HE, and my wireless card, RaLink RT 2860, is failing to recognize any wireless networks. It was working fine this morning, until I accidentally hit Fn F2, ...
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I forgot my wireless router password. What do I do?
I have a Linksys wireless router but I can't figure out what the password is. I just got a new laptop and I can't connect via wireless.
My old laptop seems to have the password set in the security ...
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Wireless from 54mbps to 1mbps
I've just changed ISP recently to 20/20 mbit and bought a Linksys WRT610N router to hook up my laptops wireless.
Everything is up and running now and I tested that the speed was as promised. Now, my ...
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How can I set up a wireless access point to connect to an existing wireless network?
I already have an existing wireless network. How can I connect an additional access point wirelessly to that network so that the new access point can provide a wired connection to other devices on ...
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WPA Enterprise Wireless Bridge
I live in college housing at a university with WIFI available. unfortunately, my bedroom(where I'd like to place my PC) gets little to no reception. I'd like to place a router in the strongest spot ...
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Reconfiguring a WiFi Access Point's wireless settings through WPS?
As you may know, WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) has recently been broken.
I downloaded and tested Reaver-WPS, the tool that implements the WPS attack. The tool's README file states:
Reaver performs a ...
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Is it possible to connect a wireless router to another access point?
I have a complicated situation due to my goals and network structure. I have in mind a potential solution, a bridge, but I do not know whether it is feasible or what hardware it will require.
The ...
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Is NAS limited to the speed of my internet connection?
If I connect a NAS to the internet, and I have 0.5 Mbps (0.0625MBps) upload speed, it would take years to transfer 1 TB of data.
Not exaggerating. I want to take minutes not years to transfer ...
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Looking for software to create a personal hotspot on Mac OS X (not using the built-in ability)
I got my nifty little MacBook Air today. Since I will be going on travel I was hoping to use my iPad 3G as screen extension with Air Display. It works being in a shared WiFi network.
Sadly Apple is a ...
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Does a 2.4GHz & 5GHz router require a special wifi card?
I bought a D-LINK Dir-855 , http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=548, works great.
But it is not clear to me if, when I switch on both the 2.4Ghz wifi network and the 5 Ghz network, how I should use it ...
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WiFi range: How far do the different standards go?
Comparing wireless a,b,g,N: is there a noticeable difference in the coverage area provided by each of the different standards? Do any of them do a better job penetrating different kinds of walls ...
