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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Does Intel AX20 bluetooth require antenna?

I just bought a Intel AX201NGW bluetooth + WIFI card to go on my M2 slot. It didn't come with an antenna, and, while the computer can see the card (as both WIFI and bluetooth), I cannot connect to any ...
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Doesn’t WPA2 work together with my Network card?

How can I connect safely to WIFI without creating a security risk in Windows 11? My Network card/adapter/driver is: "Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11.AC PCIE" Do I have to use it together with ...
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Trouble with Kali Linux in vmware: "Connection Failed: Activation of network connection failed"

I just put a Kali Linux VM on VMware Workstation Pro 15, but it keeps giving me the error: Connection Failed: Activation of network connection failed. In the VM's network adapter is set to NAT right ...
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How do I connect a TP Link Router to a Unifi Express?

I am very new to networking. I got a Unifi Express which I have configured and is working. I am able to connect all the computers and IoT devices in my house. However, the range is limited and I would ...
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A device that can convert headphone jack (speaker and mic) to bluetooth [closed]

My corporate laptop has bluetooth and usb disabled. What device is available to use only the headphone jack (audio + mic) and become a transmitter for audio and receiver for mic?
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After updating D-Link DWR M960 A2 firmware admin login page not showing up

I updated the software of the router D-Link DWR M960 A2 model, after that the router's admin page did not show up on the laptop or on the mobile phone. Tell me solutions if anyone know that situation
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I got Ethernet bridging to work but I am puzzled by the Icon that is presented in the windows 10 networking status area

I was having a lot of trouble getting the Ethernet bridging to work on my home network. The network is in my shop area downstairs and connects with my router upstairs by Wi-Fi. The bandwidth on the ...
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How to use wifi on CentOS 9?

I installed CentOS 9 Stream on my laptop. During the installation (while I still was in the installation interface), I was able to connect to internet via Wifi. The wifi interface was up and was ...
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Faster folder transfer over WiFi network

I have two PCs, one is connected to my router NetGear DGN3500 directly with cable and the other through WiFi interface, this PC can not be connected with direct cable and it also the PC has the ...
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Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding message in window 10

I have tried most of the solutions like flush dns, release, renew, Winsock reset, configuring IP automatically. I am connected to the wifi tried updating reinstalling its adapter still doesn't work.
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I am trying to change my MTU but it is not working out as expected

I am trying to change my MTU to "1460" with the tag: netsh int ipv4 set subinterface “WiFi” mtu=1500 store=persistent But it says the error: "The filename, directory name, or volume ...
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No wireless networks shown in nmtui

I run Artix with both OpenBox and LXDE and i can connect to wifi normally with LXDE using the gui network manager in LXDE. But when logged in with OpenBox , nmtui shows no wireless networks. ...
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Getting ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED in Chromium with both Wifi and Ethernet connected on macOS

I have both Wifi and Ethernet connected on my Macbook Pro M1 Max (macOS Sonoma). Ethernet is higher in the service order list, so the OS should use that at all times. And for the most part it does. ...
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NetworkManager defined HotSpot, can't connect from Android phone

The initial situation is quite simple: I create a hotspot in a Linux machine: nmcli dev wifi hotspot con-name "John" (see below for the complete script) I show the password (and QR code) ...
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Bluetooth connectivity issues when connected to Wi-Fi, issues disappear when Wi-Fi is turned off or 5 Ghz Band is disabled

I have a Mini PC equipped with a soldered Realtek 8852BE network interface card (NIC), which supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. However, I'm encountering a peculiar issue where enabling the Wi-Fi ...
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What is IPv4 Autoconfiguration and why it overwrites static IP

I have to connect to a router with a static IP and subnet (machine automation, not internet). In ipconfig, subnet mask shows the subnet address I inputed but the IP is assigned a different one from ...
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All network devices not connected (code 45)

I have an HP pavilion laptop running Windows 11 Home For no reason I can tell, today when I went to use my laptop all networking hardware no longer functions, in fact the device manager shows it as ...
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What to do if I can't connect to the router

I accidentally logged out of the WIFI on my phone, and forgot the password. I'm connected to the internet on my PC with an Ethernet cable, and want to open the router IP, but I can't. I've looked at ...
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Router ZTE F680 - my PCs cannot see each other

I have a ZTE F680 (internet router) from our ISP if I connect the PC to the LAN1 or any (2,3,4) I can not see other PCs which are connected to the router. If I connect on the same WiFi SSID they can ...
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Wifi list empty in Windows 10

After fixing the wifi problem in windows 10 using command prompt, there was a yellow triangle on the wifi icon. When I restarted the laptop and checked the wifi list, It was empty. I mean, I had ...
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'ifconfig' Not Showing Wireless Card

I am running MX Linux (Debian based), and my wireless card had no issues after OS install. Everything working, up until today, no software updates or changes, and all of a sudden my Wifi connection is ...
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Raspberry Pi won't bring up wlanX interface - multiple wireless interfaces

Let me jump straight in. I am using a raspberry pi 3 running latest version of raspbian (pixel) as a router/wifi hotspot I have 3 wireless interfaces: built in wifi interface (brcmfmac) TP-Link ...
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Why does my computer have two default gateways?

I have a Windows Vista computer and my internet cuts out intermittently. I did a ipconfig and I saw I had two default gateways. One was a 192 and the second was a 68. I then logged in my router. I saw ...
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"Hosted network couldn't be started" when I try to run "netsh wlan start hostednetwork"

When I try to run netsh wlan start hostednetwork, I get the following message: The hosted network couldn't be started. A device attached to the system is not functioning. What should I do?
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2 Network Adapters of PC connected to same router, how does the connection work?

2 NICs connected to same router. Speedtest 1: When connected via ethernet only, I get 100Mbps up/download speed. When connected via WiFi 5GHz only, I get 300Mbps upload (capped by my internet service),...
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I can't install llama-index on kaggle. It seems i don't have connexion but i do

WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at ...
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When using Wi-Fi in a crowded/noisy area, why is 40MHz bandwidth slower than 20MHz?

When I test my Wi-Fi in an area which has many neighbor APs, I find that HT40 is noticeably slower than HT20 (which is supposed to be 2 times faster in a clean/quiet area), why?
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ZTE F670L most setting disappeared, can't edit some, reset button doesn't factory reset router. But the Internet works completely fine

My Internet works perfectly fine. But I can't configure my router, I can change some things but most of the options have vanished, and it automatically created one SSID named "NET+Roaming" I ...
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System tray shows standard WiFi icon while VPN connected

Normally, when I connect to my VPN the WiFi icon in the system tray changes to what I believe is the wired network icon. See images below for example images. Wifi: Wired: Recently the icon is no ...
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How to restrict background data usage of individual apps in windows 8 pc?

I am using windows 8 on an ASUS laptop and recently some of my apps are using huge data over a wifi network. I don't want to set the wifi network as metered as I feel in doing so my internet speed ...
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Wi-Fi connection getting lost after some time (Linux)

I have a laptop (HP ProBook 455 G9) that I connect to a Wi-Fi. I use Fedora 39 with GNOME, NetworkManager and kernel 6.7.7-200.fc39.x86_64. The Wi-Fi chip is RealRek RTL8852BE. I don't think I have ...
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When the router shows the same SINR parameter at two different times, but the internet quality is weak , which router parameter should I check?

When in two different times, the router shows the same SINR parameter, but the internet quality is weaker in one of these two times, so that the browser cannot load the sites, which parameter should I ...
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Configuring Airtel Beetel 450TC1 ADSL2+ Router for local RJ45 cable internet

Please help me configure my Airtel Beetel 450TC1 ADSL2+ Router for local RJ45 cable internet (my ip lookup suggests my ISP name as smartlinklink broadband services pvt ltd) Here are my current ...
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Win10 Wi-Fi > netsh wlan show profile > Cost not available

I'm trying to connect my laptop to my mobile Wi-Fi hotspot as a metered connection, but the cost state is "Not available" and I want to change to "Fixed" (metered). C:\WINDOWS\...
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RT2800 USB: monitor mode using Virtual Box

Information I am using a WiFi USB Adapter and the latest version of Kali running under VirtualBox. Chipset: Ralink RT2870/3070 Driver: rt2800usb Manufacturer: TP-Link FCC ID: TE7WN727NV3 It is ...
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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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Ping Issue Over LAN After "Suspend" - "Destination Host Unreachable"

I am running into an issue when pinging my desktop PC from my laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon). Both machines are running Ubuntu 22.04 Both machines are connected using wifi The issue starts to happen after ...
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Can I use the same default gateway for a device on a different network?

Say I have IP 192.168.1.0 and all the IP addresses are taken so I go onto 192.168.2.0 and have 192.168.2.5 available. When I'm assigning a gateway for the device to access can I use a gateway on the ...
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ssh randomly can connect, and sometimes "kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host"

Connecting to my server has never been a problem. But now I've added a mesh router in bridge mode to my regular router, and when I try to ssh to my server, sometimes it works fine, and other times ...
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ARP Requests causing network disconnection

Firstly, apologies if this is the wrong forum, happy to be pointed in the right direction... Recently got new Internet from Virgin Media and have been having constant network issues with them since on ...
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Cannot connect to the internet. Local Area Connection 2 adapter is disabled

Short version: I cannot connect to the internet. Long version: I have been dealing with this issue for more than one year. After waking from hibernation my DELL 15 XPS (Win 7 Pro SP1) sometimes would ...
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How to turn my old Netgear router into an access point wired to the new ASUS router

ASUS RT-66u b1 is replacing Netgear WNDR3400v2 as my router. I want to use the Netgear as an access point connected via ethernet cable to the new router. So it would look like this: modem--->ASUS---...
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Simultaneously connect Mac to 2 APs... one via 5.8GHz 802.11ac, the other via 2.4GHz 802.11n or wifi direct?

I'm trying to find a way to wirelessly connect a recent-vintage (2023 M3) Macbook Pro to an esp32 in a way that WON'T screw up its ability to remain connected to a 5.8GHz 802.11ac access point. I ...
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Routing Windows 10 trafic via MacBook as Internet router

I try to configure MacBook Pro (Mid 2015, macOS High Sierra, v.10.13.6) to work as an Internet router for Win 10 laptop. My configuration: Ethernet cable directly connects Win 10 laptop Ethernet port ...
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Wake on Wifi LAN debugging

I'm trying to get WoWLAN functioning on a windows machine with a wifi card. It's a dual boot setup, but I haven't come across anything saying that such a setup will be a problem besides selecting the ...
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Cannot connect to any local network computer

I’ve got several computers connected to a local network via a Fritz Box 7390 router. There is no Windows Domain, Workgroup, or Homegroup, they are all just on the same sub net. This works well on ...
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How do I direct connect via Ethernet two Windows machines and keep their connection to the internet via WiFi?

I have two Windows 10 laptops connected to the same router over WiFi. They can access the internet and can see each other in Explorer, file sharing works fine. I can ping one machine from the other ...
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Tenda N301 unresponsive as a Universal Repeater

I have two routers: 1 Tenda TE-D303: Primary Router; Access to internet using WAN 2 Tenda N301: Secondary Router; To be used as a Range Extender Problem is that as soon as I set N301 as a Universal ...
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WLAN showing an X and unable to connect

I have Windows 10 laptops for guests visiting our company and they want to connect to WLAN. However, the WLAN they need to conect to, shows an X in a circle: When clicking on the WLAN, I get an error ...
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Unable to capture authentication handshake using airodump-ng

I am using airodump-ng to capture authentication handshake, so I ran airodump for almost 49 minutes and the output appearing as CH 9 ][ Elapsed: 49 mins ][ 2013-04-14 10:58 ][ fixed channel prism0: -...

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