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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How do I channel Internet connection from AP to AP?
I don't know if this can actually be done, but is there a way of taking a desktop computer, running Windows, and connecting it to a wireless access point that has internet access through a wireless ...
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Wireless networking and staying on the same network
I have a network that uses a modem/wireless/router in one (this is all that is available from my ISP, they do not have a modem by it self). I have the wireless router/modem plugged into a switch ...
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Will the Cisco AIR-LAP1262N access point support 802.11ac? [closed]
I know that .11ac is still only a draft spec and it's impossible to answer with 100% certainty, but does anyone know if the Cisco AP 1262 wap will be able to support it?
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How can I begin in setting up captive wifi portal?
[EDIT] i recommend using PFSENSE for captive portal, its a all-in-one type of firewall.
I'm planning to set a wifi captive portal in a small office, where; guests/employees will be directed to a ...
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How do I share my Internet connection over Wi-Fi from the command line?
What is the command line that starts sharing the internet connection from LAN over Wi-Fi? I think it allows to set a specific network name and a password.
I remember it from some techie talk on a ...
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NDIS wrapper vs Kernel module?
I have a small issue. I have a computer running Linux (currently Ubuntu) that has a USB wireless adapter. The adapter is a Cisco AE2500 Dual Band Wireless-N. I cannot get this adapter to work on any ...
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Can't enable wireless network adapter on laptop
I have an HP Pavilion dv4t-1200 entertainment notebook, and recently upgraded it to Windows 8. The wireless card never worked on Windows 8 so I reformatted the HDD and did a fresh install of Windows ...
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Can basic user permissions cause drastic decrease in download time compared to an Administrator level?
This is an edited repost,
Currently one of our departments utilizes a web-based system to access, upload, download documentation/licensing for employee's. Our company has two corporate headquarters, ...
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Permissions affecting download? [closed]
I have an interesting question/scenario for you to ponder on.
Currently one of our departments utilizes a web-based system to access, upload, download documentation/licensing for employee's. Our ...
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Auto connect wifi even when on wired in windows 8
Usually people need to know how to disable the wifi automatically when on a wired connection. But I actually need to know how to make windows (8) automatically connect to wifi when there's already a ...
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When setting up Proxy Server, how to ensure that all network traffic is routed through that PC?
I have around 15 PCs (some Windows 7 and rest Macs) connected in a wireless lan.
I have setup one of the Win 7 PC as Proxy Server.
How do I ensure that all machines in the network connect through ...
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Extend and encrypt a public hotspot signal [duplicate]
The building I live in is next door to a park with a public hotspot. I would like to extend this unlocked wifi signal as well as encrypt it, so I can utilize, it without sharing it with my neighbors ...
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Capturing Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) traffic using Fiddler
Does anyone have any idea how to capture HTTP traffic that goes through my ICS connection?
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I have a PC connected to internet via Ethernet.
PC has set up a Wifi Hotspot using Internet ...
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How to open wireless if the function button is not working?
I'm trying to open the wireless connection for HP pavilion laptop but the function key is not working and I have no clue why. Is there another way to open the wireless?
Is there a downloadable driver ...
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No network after Windows crash
Windows 7 crashed on my Toshiba Satellite Pro s500. Following reboot, neither the LAN card nor the wireless cards work anymore. The LAN card appears on the Device Manager, but not on the Network ...
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One computer causes massive increase in ping / ms
For a rather long period of time I have been having an increased ms when playing games etc.
This always occurs when my girlfriend starts using her computer, so at the moment I believe that to be the ...
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Are there really no consumer-available WiFi adapters supporting WOL?
I can't for the life of me find any wireless adapters, of any kind, supporting wake-on-lan. Is this technology really a "laptop" only technology?
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Is it possible for a PC to use two net connections simultaneously?
We have two net connections in our office - a 10mb Wired DSL provider and a 3mb Wireless backup provider. The wireless is a backup, but it has the advantage of 3mb upload speeds whereas the wired is ...
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No network connection after resume on Windows 8
If I put my Windows 8 computer into sleep mode, there is no network connection after I resume the session. If I replug my internet stick into the computer, it works (but stops if I sleep again).
What ...
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How can I know if a USB-wifi dongle has virtual Wifi (aka softAP) support?
How can I know if a USB WiFi adapter has support for Windows-7 virtual Wifi (aka softAP)? There is a list when I can look-up if a specific USB-dongle has support for this?
My MacBookPro wireless card ...
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How to achieve this in my office network?
Here is my existing office network.
I have setup Squid proxy server on one of my PC.
How do I have all devices connect thru this proxy server instead of the router.
NOTE: All PCs are connected to ...
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Connecting Proxy server of one laptop with other laptop in Windows 7
I have two laptops at home. I connect to the net using wifi router in both.
On one I have installed Squid Proxy server. And I have verified that it is working.
On the other, how do I ensure that it ...
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Internet Connectivity through router to desktop and Tab
I have a Broadband connection (wired) with a modem (not wireless). I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 which works only on direct wifi so I bought a Belkin Basic N150 router (compatible with ...
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Wifi equipment for max 100m
I would like to know if consumer grade equipment with a panel antenna can cover about 70 degrees at 60-80meter distance area without any obstancles for smartphones.
Do i need an expensive cisco for ...
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Laptop can ping, but not browse. Clean windows install. Telnet doesn't work. Not the network
The laptop is able to ping and tracert, but not browse the internet. I'll start by saying what I've already ruled out:
It is a completely fresh windows install
The network works fine for the other 5 ...
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Wireless Latency/Packet Loss with multiple clients on same AP
I have a problem with multiple network cameras connecting via Wi-Fi to the same AP. I have an AP (TP-Link WA901N for now. I have tried others with same error.) and two cameras currently.
One is ...
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Laptop can ping and tracert, but browser, telnet doesn't work
Every other system on the network works fine, no changes have been made to router, and problem existed on a different network, so I don't think its an external problem. Pretty sure it's an issue with ...
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How do I increase my office internet speed? [closed]
Can you please suggest what should I do to increase my internet speed per PC?
My details:
I have 6 Macs and 10 PC/Laptops in my office. We have a 12 MBPS internet plan. We have a Wireless router ...
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Wireless Access Point on a gigabit 802.3 ethernet network
I have a switched 1 gigabit private lan with about 50 devices on it. Today I added a UniFI AP to it, so wireless devices will also have access to the network.
My question is:
Is my LAN still 1 ...
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Unable to configure my router
I have an Eminent EM4050 wLINK which is connected to a SpeedTouch ST5x6v6. The Eminent is transmitting Wi-Fi, but it's not protected. I want to configure the router so I can set up a password for the ...
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WEP Passphrase mode on Linksys BEFW11S4
I have an old Linksys BEFW11S4 that I am using for LAN file transfers when I am on the road and my phone has a 3G connection. It has an option for WEP security, but it defaults to converting a ...
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How to find detailed laptop specs?
I'm having a hard time finding all the minor specs of different laptops. Most laptops just specify only few things like CPU, RAM , Graphics card, and few other specs in a generalized way. It gets more ...
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Troubleshooting “bursty” network traffic
I've been having a problem with my Internet connection ever since moving to San Francisco, and it's driving me absolutely up the wall. After using my network connection for anywhere between five and ...
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Why did my router randomly assign wireless devices to br0 interface?
So I have a WRT54GL router with Tomato firmware on. I have few wireless devices on my network. Most of the time they work fine, but occasionally, some devices that were previously on router's eth1 ...
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Default route in quagga doesn't work if specified using interface rather than address
I have the following zebra.conf on my router box "A":
hostname nuclear-router
password password
enable password password
interface eth0
ip address 192.168.2.1/24
multicast
no shutdown
interface ...
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Why does computer connected via wireless and wired have different address but same name?
I have a Thomson TG585 v7 router that can be access via a webbrowser on ipaddress http://192.168.1.254/ I have various computers connected to it via wireless or ethernet in some cases both and I've ...
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Allow limited machines to access internet in wifi network
I have 4 laptops connected to my wifi router. I want the internet working on 2 machines only but allow all 4 to share files. What is the best way to do that?
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Unexpected error while trying to create a SSID
I'm trying to add an hidden SSID to my computer, but when I add the network I get an error:
Unexpected error
Tried to uninstall, install it back, then update but still the same problem.
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Trouble of having ipad conneted to adhoc with static ip
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I am having problem about the ipad wifi connection to adhoc (by win7) with static ip.
The procedure is:
Connect to the Internet with wired local network connection (autoconfiguration, ...
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xPUD doesn't recognize Wi-Fi adapter
I saw xPUD, and decided to give it a try. It's basically the same concept as Chromium/Chrome OS - boot (nearly) straight into the browser, only it's Firefox-based instead of Chrome/Chromium-based.
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Configure D-link WIFI WAP as repeater
I have Dlink DWL - 2000AP+.
What I want to do is, to reproduce WiFi signal (from TP-LINK modem) by repeating with the help of a D-Link Wireless Access Point.
Here is how web interface looks. There ...
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Connect to VirtualBox from internet
I have a windows 7 OS hosting Ubuntu server on VirtualBox.
The host OS is connecting to the internet via a USB 3G modem. What I'm trying to do is connect to the hosted Ubuntu server from another ...
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Hotel Wi-Fi connection intermittently stops working
I'm at a hotel and they have wonderful, fast Wi-Fi. The only problem is that it stops working sometimes, and doesn't resume for minutes or sometimes hours. I only have this problem on my laptop, and ...
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How can I connect to wpa wifi access point from a freashly loaded SystemRescueCd?
There are many wifi access points around me which passwords I know. I try to install gentoo linux from SystemRescueCd. It supports wpa. How I can scan for access points in the console? How I can ...
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My pc can only work on ethernet, don't know how to activate the wifi
I have an HP Pavilion 20 All-in-One PC running with Win 8. I recently moved from the place I was living and cannot manage to establish a connection. In my old place the computer connected through ...
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Building to Building Internet access [duplicate]
Having 2 Buildings separated by around 500 meters.
I have a internet DSL conncetion in Building 1.I would like to give internet to the Building 2 wirelessly. Can anyone tell me what devices do I need ...
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Using 2 network cards simultaneouly
I have a built in pci wifi card and a usb wifi card. If I have both of them connected to the same router, will windows use both of them simultaneously or prefer one over the other? If I have them ...
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How to join an ad-hoc wireless network in Linux
How do you join two or more Linux machines to the same ad-hoc wireless network?
I have two Ubuntu 12.04 laptops that I'd like to connect. Following the command line instructions in Ubuntu's wiki ...
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How to secure my windows 7 WiFi internet shared(hotspot)?
I turned my laptop into Hotspot and am sure you understand this. So now I have problem with WPA2-personal that can't be connected by some devices like Iphone. lets leave this. Now I want to either ...
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Asus laptop - wireless turns off when on battery, even though power settings say “maximum performance”
I find myself turning on wireless in the mobility screen (like this) almost every day. The power settings screen shows maximum performance for wireless.
Any ideas? Thanks
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In the adapter ...
