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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Installing pfsense on Company Network
I would greatly appreciate some tips and advice on how I can replace my company Router with pfsense. I will explain the network infrastructure shortly.
The Network Setup is as follows
ISP connects to &...
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Mac often says no internet - comes back after WiFi restart
I have noticed this phenomenon in 2 of my Macbooks. After I come back after a while (2-3 days), they say "No internet" while still being connected to my WiFi. My phone / other devices on the ...
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Automate associating to ssid on windows based on bssid
Trying to automate wifi association to an ssid based on bssid (split ssid not possible) .
Initially I used netsh and xml to associate.
<MSM>
<security>
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Is it feasible to connect the WAN and LAN ports of a router to the same switch on an intranet?
My intranet structure is shown below:
Old intranet structure
Previously, WIFI users were able to connect to my NAS, and I don't want that. And I also wanted to turn several separate WIFIs into one, so ...
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How to setup OpenVPN on my Netgear Orbi Mesh router to be able to mask and change my location when using Kodi to watch sports
I use Kodi on an Nvidia Shield. I would like to to configure my Orbi Mesh router to run OpenVPN. Other VPN's will not run on the Orbi. I have multiple TV's with connected Shields, each will need to be ...
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Wifi fails when switching OS on dual boot PC
I have a dual boot system currently with Ubuntu and Windows. Over the last couple of months, I had a repeated experience of failing WiFi card when switching between operating systems. The wifi (and ...
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Setting MacOS Airport Utility into monitoring multiple channels
I am using MacBook Pro 14' 2021 M1 Pro with MacOS Ventura 13.3.1. I would like to use wireshark in monitor mode with wifi interface. I have read, that I can switch 802.11 channels with the command:
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Is there a way to convert a CA certificate to a QR code?
Is there a way to convert a CA certificate to a QR code so that it can be downloaded and installed with a phone? We want the QR code to install the certificate on the phone so that users can join the ...
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Unable to connect "Canon PIXMA MG3650S" to the local WiFi-network. DIRECT-WLAN of the printer is not found in the list of the "Canon PRINT"-app
I have bought the printer "Canon Pixma MG3650S" from Aldi Online Shop. I set up the printer, connected it to electricity, and turned it on. I downloaded the "Canon PRINT"-App from ...
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Clarify vpn behaviour
I have a common and probably stupid question regarding vpn behaviour, but still it would be good to confirm my understanding. If i share internet from let's say my mobile phone (via Wi-Fi hotspot) and ...
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TP-Link Wireless Adapter not seeing any networks
About a year ago I installed this wireless adapter on my desktop PC to try to improve my performance on WiFi:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4VH4G1C/
It seemed to work pretty well, but I ...
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Ethernet WAN - safety hazard?
I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to dealing with home routers. I bought a new ASUS DSL-N16A router and want to connect it by using an Ethernet WAN type of topology as in this picture:
My house ...
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IPtables doens't block client to client communication
I'm working on a project with my fellow students, and we've discovered a vulnerability in a IP camera. This camera uses port 8554 for the rtsp protocol (it's unauthenticated). I want to block this ...
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Downloading is using all my bandwidth, preventing any other apps connecting to the internet. Why?
This is new. I've been in many locations with many ISPs, i'm even certain this was not the case prior to the past 3-4months on the same ISP i moved into the current property with.
I used to be able to ...
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How to connect a Linux machine to a repeater WiFi?
I am trying to create a repeater from my Zyxel P-870HN-53b router and connect to its WiFi. I have followed the following steps:
I have connected router 1 with router 2 with a LAN cable placing its ...
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Fast internet, but slow local area network speeds
Essentially I'm trying to get better Virtual Desktop bitrate performance on my Meta Quest 3, which uses local area network speed. But no matter what I try, my local area network speeds never exceed ...
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Laptop can't connect to many websites (ERR_SSL_BAD_RECORD_MAC_ALERT) from home WiFi
I'm having a pretty weird problem. At some point and without having done anything different, my laptop just can't connect to certain websites (many websites, not just 3 or 4). When I try to access ...
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Problems configuring a managed switch with my laptop
I'm currently doing some work for my uni's lab, and part of it includes trying to use a managed switch (TL-SG105E) as an intermediary between a raspberry pi and a stepper motor. I'm currently trying ...
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HyperV VMs make my Compal router resetting connection
My ISP (Vodafone) has provided a cable modem (Compal CH7465VF) that's able to broadcast both 2,4 and 5GHz WiFi signals.
My laptop on Windows 11 runs one or two hyper-v virtual machines, both on Win11 ...
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How to combine two LAN that going through the same Modem?
I have T-Mobile Home Internet and it's receiver is the Arcadyan KVD21. This receiver has two ethernet out ports. I connected my Asus wireless router to the first port. The wireless router is where ...
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Windows 11 doesn't connect automatically to wifi upon wake up from sleep. I have to reboot
When I wake up my windows 11 desktop computer from deep sleep, it doesn't connect to wifi automatically. Also, it cannot find any wifi signals. So I have to reboot and everthing is resolved until next ...
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Andr 8.1 fones (LG Stylo 4) and HP 17" LT Win 11 Insider Release. Can I use the laptop as a bridge/router/trunk to push i-net wifi thru enet cables?
So. At my house we have a 5G T-Mobile box that pulls inet out off the sky and I do have a few TVs and a google nest pair on mostly sequested intranets. I already have an enet cable running direct from ...
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Can you forward packets from TUN to router on a Mac?
I'm intercepting packets on a toy packet sniffer I have that just pulls all traffic off a TUN device. I've setup a default route to the TUN on my mac via:
sudo route -n add default 10.1.0.10
where 10....
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Create network option missing on macOS Sonoma despite legacy networks being enabled
I am trying to create a local WiFi network using my macOS Sonoma computer.
I followed a guide online and I enabled legacy network options but I cannot create a new network on the WiFi button at the ...
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Unable to ssh into remote server, despite port open and server reachable
As the title says, I am trying to create a home Linux server, and everything was going fine, including when I ssh into the server over LAN from both my laptop and my desktop.
I am a total beginner ...
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Windows 10 dont applies static IP settings of WiFi profile at reconnect
Windows 10. When i enter static IP information (addr, GW, DNS) for a specific WLAN network, the connection works fine. After disconnect, the reconnect tooks slightly longer than usual, and the connect ...
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Advice on troubleshooting intermittent Wi-Fi drop outs
I am struggling to diagnose an issue I am having with my wi-fi dropping out intermittently throughout the day and I was hoping to get some advice to try and work out what the root cause is.
Here are ...
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Create Network Bridge that will allow me to access my home network externally
I am trying to create network bridge on Linux so I could access my network externally. I would Like some ideas? or pointers
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OpenVPN Site to Side tunel with specific client
I have two networks.
First network: 192.168.10.0/24 (router TP-LINK [192.168.10.10] and RPI [192.168.10.17])
Secound network: 192.168.15.0/24 (only one RPI [192.168.15.10])
I would like site-to-site ...
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Smart tv wifi connection
I have a wavlink extender to get wifi from my house to a camper about 75 feet from the house. My question is how can I improve my connection the TV in the camper is a Roku tv and buffers quite a bit ...
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Having 2 active wired connections disables internet
I recently moved in to a new apartment, and bought a network switch to put after my Verizon fios modem. Switch is connected to a board that connects to different rooms in the house.
Verizon fios -> ...
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Is IEEE 802 a link-layer protocol?
I was examining net/bpf.h (on macOS) and saw this item in the list of link-layer protocols:
#define DLT_IEEE802 6 /* IEEE 802 Networks */
My understanding is that IEEE 802 is not a link-layer ...
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Create a local wifi network connected to shared wifi
We have recently moved to a shared office space where they have a shared internal wifi network.
We would like to have our own "local" wifi network where we can control simple firewall rules ...
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Is there any way to query a router about the IPs it has already assigned?
I have a WiFi device which connects to my Android phone's hotspot. My Android phone acts as a router.
From my Ubuntu I connect to the same network. Is there any way to query the router (in this case, ...
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Is it possible to increase the strength of the LTE signal by manually setting the Earfcn Number in the modem?
I have a green packet gp-2101 modem, and its LTE signal strength has been weak for a few days, I want to know if it is possible to increase the signal strength by manually setting the Earfcn Number in ...
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Why can't set mobile hotspot in win10?
Show drivers for wlan:
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show drivers
Interface name: Wi-Fi 2
Driver : Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter
Vendor : ...
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Why Dlink DIR-615 T3 is not working as repeater with ZTE F670LV9.0 Main Router?
I am currently using a ZTE F670LV9.0 router as my main router with a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 and a DHCP server pool ranging from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.250. My goal is to utilize my old D-...
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Can you have multiple connected isolated networks in qemu?
I wanted to emulate a cybersecurity attack using multiple different VMs on qemu and usually they have IP Addresses that can be very different (for example, usually the attack machine is 192.168.0.x ...
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connecting to gui of ap
I have an Netgear AP setup with a specific IP, and internet connection is from main router to an ethernet line with 3 switches for 3 different places. When I connect the AP to 1st switch i can connect ...
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One specific computer can't connect to internet on one specific WIFI network
I'm getting the error "Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration" when I try to connect to only one specific network. It connects fine to all other networks. I've tried and other devices ...
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Lan to wan setup
I did factory reset on my second router by accident and since than I’m having issues sometimes. I would appreciate if someone can help me with router configuration, all I know is that first routers ...
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Reassemble Wireshark WiFi captured LLC packets into original message
I have the following setup within my own WiFi network: one machine (A) connected to my WiFi (which connects to the internet), and one machine (B) running Wireshark, with a WiFi adapter in monitoring ...
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Suddenly unable to access the internet; works fine booting from USB drive
I am using Linux Mint xfce 21.2 Victoria, which I just installed two days ago, and everything has been working fine, except today I was suddenly unable to browse the internet.
Using the hotspot on my ...
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Xfinity hotspot not connecting to certain websites via extender
I am a Xfinity customer and receive xfinity hotspot at my location. The signal is weak so I got an extender. I was able to connect the extender to the xfinity hotspot, however it connects to some ...
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Forward Internet access for a SBC that is connected with my PC
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IP adresses after enabling the sharing function
Ethernet-Adapter Ethernet:
Verbindungsspezifisches DNS-Suffix:
Verbindungslokale IPv6-Adresse . : fe80::4ece:1a02:7677:2d01%19
IPv4-...
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Wifi not working on one laptop but working on another
I have a problem with WiFi connection on my laptop. On my phone and other laptop wifi speed is around 30-40 Mbit/s (internet provider on the cable is 50 Mbit/s, so wifi is a bit slowed which is fine), ...
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How to tell Chromebook to say on a particular Wifi connection and not jump to another one unless it is told to do so?
I have two internet providers because I absolutely must have internet access for work, and both of our local choices for ISP have had problems over the years where each has been down for more than a ...
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Connecting an ethernet-only gaming PC to the network where an ethernet cable cannot be used?
I have a gaming PC that I want to connect to my 450Mbps home network. The PC has a single LAN port supporting up to 1000Mbps, but no builtin WiFi adapter and no free PCI/PCIe slots. I would like to ...
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi hotspot on/off
I use my Wi-Fi mobile hotspot frequently. Is it possible to set it up to turn on/off at set times of day? Is it possible to set it to turn on when specified Wi-Fi devices, such as phones or laptops, ...
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My Router/AP rebooted and now Windows computers can't connect to the 5GHz SSID
Today I unplugged my Synology WRX560 and after I plugged it back in all the devices in my house connected to the router again except for my Windows computers. I have Smart Connect turned off, so I ...