Questions tagged [wifi-configuration]
Information on how to set up (configure) a wi-fi (wireless fidelity) network.
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Get wifi access without password or wps but physical access to main router
How can I have access to my wifi without the password and wps disabled. Can I get all the info by connecting my laptop with cable and cut & past the ip info of my main router to my second router?
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Asus dsl-ac750 OpenVPN IP settings
I've done the VPN settings of my Asus DSL-AC750 modem. I can reach modem interface from another computer with OpenVPN. But it gives me 10.8.x.x ip block by default. My local ip starts with 192.168.1.x....
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C4000XG router advanced SSID config
I recently received a new C4000XG router/access point from CenturyLink, and my 7-yr-old HP printer would no longer connect to WiFi ("invalid WPA passphrase").
In an HP forum, I learned that ...
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Can I create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 11?
I have a program called TotalMix on my Windows 11 laptop, and an iPad app called TotalMix Remote connects to it on a specified IP address and port number.
This works when both devices are on my home ...
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Preconfigure WiFi Networks in OS X Ventura
I'd like to preconfigure WiFi networks for the different offices I visit. Did Ventura remove this ability? Or maybe it's somewhere a bit more hidden than it used to be?
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In Network Manager how is my current Bitrate greater than the access point MaxBitrate
I'm working with the D-Bus interface to Network Manager on a custom Linux and I'm trying to find a decent estimate for current connection speed.
If I query the MaxBitrate property of the current ...
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How to use a second router to improve wifi
I have a NETGEAR nighthawk rax54s WiFi router and a nighthawk R7000 WiFi router. I want to increase the WiFi range how can I join the two routers? Also, I would prefer to have them using the same ...
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Can I configure my Xfinity router without the app?
I've been configuring my routers for decades with their built-in HTTP servers. Yesterday I signed up for new Xfinity home internet service, and they said I had to download their mobile app in order ...
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I want to force Windows 11 to only use 2.4GHz WiFi. But the driver options doesn't allow this. Is there another way?
I'm running Windows 11 on a 2019 iMac. I want Windows 11 to use 2.4GHz because I'm constantly getting disconnected on an application because the 5GHz strength is getting impeded. The signal strength ...
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Understanding "802.11n-mode" options
The following values are the options available for the 802.11n-mode option available from the router
bgn-mode Mixed
n-mode Only
bg-mode Mixed
g-mode Only
802.11b Only
How does work each one? And what ...
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Is there a chance for a laptop with a static IP to get connected to a random Wifi network?
Is there a chance for a laptop with a static IP to get connected to a random Wifi network? For example: a laptop is configured with a static IP address of 192.168.1.5 and attempts to connect to a ...
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Any way to make TP-LINK TL-WN727N work on Kali Linux with monitor mode?
I recently bought this adapter and I knew it supports monitor mode but I realized that apparently this adapter doesn't support monitor mode on newer versions of Kali Linux. Is there any way for me to ...
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Use Genexis Platinum 4410 as wired extender
I want to use my extra Genexis Platinum 4410 as wired extender. I've checked the whole internet and found a few solutions but nothing seems to work.
The WiFi blinks Blue.
GE lights Blue(because I've ...
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What do WiFi power saving modes (energy saving modes) on computers (esp laptops) really mean?
If you dive into power saving (energy saving) mode on most computers (and nearly all laptops), you'll see a variety of levels at which you can specify the amount of power savings. These can often be ...
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Where are the passwords of WiFi SSID saved in Ubuntu?
I've 2 instances of Ubuntu v20.0 (U1 & U2) installed in secondary storage. This is a bare metal install (not VM) and the selection of U1 or U2 is made via the Grub bootloader.
Each time I switch ...
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Messed with Regedit trying to recover PC! What settings changes affect my PC negatively?
Hello everyone! This is a second post I found in my drafts (luckily) after my newer post got closed for vagueness.
Setup:
I was recently victim to being locked out of my PC thanks to MSconfig's ...
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How to know strength of wifi signal?
How do I know what is a good wifi signal? What does this mean? Would it be too much to ask to show signal strength as a percent?
I'm using OS X 13.0.1
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I used github desktop and it gave ...
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Two independent wifi routers, one subnet?
I have a house in another province which I hardly stay in. I intend to have 2 independent wifi routers, one, with cable internet, which my ip cameras are connected to; the other one as a backup router ...
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Save wifi networks and passwords to recover them after reinstall OS
I want to change my linux distribution, how can I save all my known wifi networks and passwords so that I can restore them after installing a new OS.
I want to switch from PopOs with gnome to Manjaro ...
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I can't connect to WIFI but I can connect to hotspot
My Problem is, that I can't connect to wifi in windows 11. I bough a new PC and apparently it has network issues. I can connect to my phone hotspot but I can't connect to my Wifi.
I'm sure my Wifi ...
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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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Network switch is bottlenecking
I have 5 port gigabit switch and a 400 Mbps connection. I receive full 400 Mbps via 5Ghz Wifi through main router in which ISP's connection is connected. One CAt6 cable is connected to switch from ...
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Wi-Fi Problems with Lenovo Notebook and Windows11 with AX200 Adapter
I have a notebook (Lenovo Legion 5 pro) with Windows11 installed. My wifi hangs all the time and disconnects regularly. I have already updated the Wi-Fi Driver for my AX200 Adapter.
Does anyone of you ...
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WiFi QR Code format for WPA2/WPA3
I'm creating a new QR code for my WiFi guest network and with my new router it supports WPA2/WPA3 Personal (AES).
I've tried multiple iterations of the auto-configuration format (which I can't find ...
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Can I receive Wi-Fi with a router (TP-Link Archer AX55 or AX3000 for example) and then send it through wifi on a new SSID?
I've got a boat and there is Wi-Fi access on the harbour. At some places on my boat there is no Wi-Fi because it's a steel ship. There is no LAN cable I can put into my router.
What I wanted to do was:...
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How can I escape single quotes in cmd parameter?
I wanted to display a network profile in cmd using netsh, with netsh wlan show profile name="JohnDoe's iPhone". This WiFi name has an apostrophe in it, as you can see. The command responds ...
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How to set up wifi pods at home with an existing router?
I have a bell home hub 2000, and I want to connect wifi pods to it. I wanted to know what is the best way to set it up.
The pods I'm looking at now is this one
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09VVV18D9/ref=...
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Unrealistic Tx-Power for wifi interface
I recently built a desktop computer with the following parts:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU
ASRock AM4/X570M Pro4 mother board
Intel AX210 wifi/bluetooth card. It's mounted on a M2 slot
I'm on Archlinux. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 How to lock users from changing wifi settings
I'm currently using OpenDNS to filter adult content on Ubuntu and I want to be able to prevent users from changing the DNS settings without the use of a password.
Specifically this tab
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How to change hotspot security type from wpa to wpa2 in kali linux
I'm new to kali Linux(gnome).How to change hotspot security type from wpa to wpa2, my friend trying to connect to me but unable to do so as his laptop supports only wpa2 and wpa3.
Tried tapping on ...
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Manually selecting which Wi-Fi to connect to when all Wi-Fi devices they have the same name and are all open
I live in a hostel which has very poor management. They have Wi-Fi devices that are all over the hostel all have the same name and no password, and they show as one Wi-Fi on the mobiles and laptops ...
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Getting 'Destination host unreachable' error from dhcp server
I keep having this issue with my wifi connection where it disconnects randomly for a few seconds. In an attempt to find out what is going wrong I just had my machine ping a few sites every second.
All ...
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5Ghz wifi type of interference
Let's assume we have two AP's on 5ghz wifi in range
AP1 - Channel 36, channel width 80mhz
AP2 - Channel 48, channel width 80mhz
illustration of channels thanks to systemzone:
https://systemzone.net/...
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Fritzbox 7530AX fails to uphold 2,4Ghz WiFi
My new Fritzbox 7530AX for some reason fails to uphold the 2,4Ghz WiFi. At least once (sometimes even twice) a day the connection completely stops working and devices even refuse to connect to the ...
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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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WiFi Network Template
I have a very custom WiFi network profile for my customers. All of them use Windows 10 Pro. Then I get a new Windows 10 installation I have to create a new Wifi network and set many settings. May I ...
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Request timed out on secondary router
I connected two routers LAN to LAN.
I set the IP address for the main router to be 192.168.1.1
and IP address for the secondary router to be 192.168.1.2
For the main router, I set the IP range to ...
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Why is Wi-Fi connection speed slower than LAN?
modem settingOn my laptop, the Wi-Fi connection speed is so much slower than the LAN connection.
I have reset my router, I have even reinstalled the drivers and Windows, but the problem is still ...
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Connected to wifi but can't ping router (or anything else)
I have a little bit of a different setup, I'm on a laptop with 3 OSes installed, Windows 10, Gentoo and Fedora 36. In both Gentoo and Fedora I use NetworkManager to manages wifi etc. I installed ...
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Wi-Fi power consumption - configuring scan
I'm working on a Linux device which has Wi-Fi capability. when there is a Wi-Fi network configured, wpa_supplicant will perform a scheduled scan (sched_scan) constantly - until it connects to a ...
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Why doesn't my Win10 laptop automatically connect to my iPhone hotspot?
I have a laptop running Win10 and an iPhone 6. My home internet connection often disconnects due to a problem with the ISP (they're working on it). But I have my iPhone hotspot on all the time and my ...
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Add WiFi 6 Mesh to existing WiFi without ethernet
Are there WiFi 6 "Mesh" devices which can link to my existing WiFi router?
Another way of saying this is, are there devices that support a wireless / WiFi "backhaul" rather than ...
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VPN periodically brings down the guest WIFI connection
I am using third-party software over the home router's guest WIFI and hope to use a standard VPN service to protect my IP address.
However, if using VPN, the WIFI connection periodically goes dead ...
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Laptop Wi-Fi disabled while sleep mode
This is a follow-up question to my old question LG Gram Wi-Fi disconnected while sleep mode
My LG 14ZD980-GX50K (2018 edition) laptop disables Wi-Fi when it goes to sleep mode. (Not only disconnected ...
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Wifi Noise Level with AR9271 chipset
Hi I'm trying to get the noise level on my Wifi adapter (AR9271 atheros chipset) ? Using Ubuntu 18.04
/cat/proc/wireless gives me -256dBm which means the driver isn't reporting the noise
I have ...
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Why does Wi-Fi crash when connected to a vpn?
Here I use Speed vpn but it disconnects when the initial WiFi connection is made. I can reconnect it but they may be disconnected after a while. Sometimes it stops when searching some specific ...
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How to troubleshoot Windows computer that occasionally loses Wi-Fi (WiFi) network connectivity for ~60 seconds
A friend reached out for me to help with their Windows 7 computer that is occasionally losing Wi-Fi (WiFi) network connectivity. Each time it loses Wi-Fi connectivity (reportedly about once per day), ...
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Setting up Tenda AC6 as a secondary router
I'm trying to set up a Tenda AC6 as a secondary router to extend Wifi signal, but can't work it out. I don't have any knowledge of networks, and I have looked for similar questions, but haven't found ...
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Can’t connect to wifi
I’m using a PCIe wifi card and this morning it stopped working. Last night it was working fine but when I turned my pc on this morning it doesn’t show any wifi networks, I’ve tried restarting my pc ...
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devices have wifi connection but no internet
I have a reoccurring problem:
only for WiFi connected devices (wired works fine).
WiFi signal is good (both over 2.4 or 5 GHz).
devices have WiFi connection but no internet connection.
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