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What fits the antenna mount point on a 10Zig 4448 thin client?
The rectangular slot is to accommodate the end of a screwdriver! The screwdriver can then be used to entirely remove that piece (which is just a blanking plate).
Beneath the blanking plate is a ...
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Prevent wireless router from removing original source MAC
All routers "replace" the MAC address; that's what routers do. They strip away the original L2 header, handle the packet by its L3 header, then add a new L2 header for the outbound interface ...
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Proper way to connect access point to a router (both potentially using DHCP)?
In Access Point mode you want the AP's DHCP server off, when backhauling with wire. If not you will be double DHCP-ing, plus NAT-ing. Two devices will get the same IP at some point if you don't turn ...
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How can you change an Ethernet connection to a connection with an external Wi-Fi adapter?
Make sure your Virtual Machine App supports USB Pass Through.
VMware Workstation does for sure. I think Virtual Box does as well. Hyper-V only supports Pass Through for Generation 2 machines (not Gen ...
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Get wifi access without password or wps but physical access to main router
WIFI does not work at the IP level, so nothing you do with IP addresses will let you connect to an encrypted WIFI connection without the password.
You may be able to retrieve the WIFI password from ...
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Windows 10 Wifi Adapter missing, and Airplane mode is greyed out
Went to Device manager and didn't see it there also. ...... show all
hidden devices. Then i saw my adapter it was greyed out.
The Network Adapter device shows up in regular device manager. It is not ...
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Using networksetup to connect to WPA2 Enterprise with AD not authenticating
this solution only works if the SSID is not hidden. In my opinion, you need to fix the address and script with the networksetup command :
if lost create a WiFi network interface
create a new location
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Slow speed due to multiple useless devices in wifi
Many routers are able to create a "Guest WLAN" in addition to the main WLAN - you should connect your IoT devices to this guest WLAN, which also disallows them to access your computers, NAS ...
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How to connect a iPhone tether hotspot and use Wi-Fi on windows 10 laptop?
Ok I found the BIOS setting that caused my issue. I don't remeber checking the box but I must have. Heres a picture of the BIOS screen.
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Linux from Scratch: can't connect to home WLAN
When comparing the output of dmesg of ubuntu and lfs I realized that the dmesg of lfs contains errors which are really precise:
[ 3.796496] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-...
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No network controller detected with Debian 11
For Lenovo IdeaPad 13 running Linux, WiFi and Bluetooth do not work out of the box.
Starting with Debian 12 "Bookworm" it will become easier as they start to include non-free firmware. For ...
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windows 10 wifi keeps disconnecting when there is no internet
I fixed the issue by updating the network adapter drivers, thank you so much for your help.
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I've turned off DHCP on my TP-LINK router and since then I cannot connect to it - is the router broken?? Windows 10
I know this is an old post, but I was stuck with the same problem. Anyway, manually configure your computer or your phone for an ip address that is available within the router. Now, type in the router ...
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xPUD doesn't recognize Wi-Fi adapter
If you go to http://mesrss.free.fr/xpud/opt/ and download "extra drivers".
You can chuck that onto your boot stick, and do an offline opt install from the settings.
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Can I create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 11?
Unfortunately
Hosted and Ad-Hoc Networks Are Not Working on Windows 10,
and the same for Windows 11.
What is left is
Wi-Fi Direct :
Wi-Fi Direct (formerly Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer) is a Wi-Fi standard for ...
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Is it possible to use WiFi-Aware on Windows or Linux?
Related question.
This is still very much in flux, and I haven't yet found a card that advertises compatibility with NAN. I will document my (Linux) findings within this answer.
On Linux, the previous ...
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archlinux: wifi connected but no internet where as internet works with wired
Same case as mine where my device (Dell with Broadcom BCM43228 where I manually installed the b43-firmware) is connected to the (wireless) Wi-Fi (as it is visible in the router's connected devices) ...
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Asus dsl-ac750 OpenVPN IP settings
Your VPN Server by default is its own local network, and you can use all local resources of devices that "are also connected to the VPN server".
You can change the OpenVPN to be in bridging ...
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What's the normal latency for a Wi-Fi connection?
Using the ping tool, you can measure and compare the latency of your WiFi connection by pinging a host on your local network. If you know your router has the IP addess of 192.168.1.1, on macOS/Linux:
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How can a program behave differently depending on the connection type (Wifi or LAN)?
One way that what you're describing could happen is if Spotify keeps a TCP connection (or UDP socket) open on the IP address your machine got on the Wi-Fi. Because it's associated with an IP address ...
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Laptop connected to 2.4ghz can't SSH to another laptop connected to 5ghz
You can test setting the 5 GHz laptop to use the 2.4 GHz band instead with a tool such as Nirsoft's free WifiInfoView for Windows, or an alternative for other OS.
This would at least establish ...
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How can a program behave differently depending on the connection type (Wifi or LAN)?
Windows doesn't manage the internet connection of a program.
The program rather issues an API request in which it specifies
the kind of connection that it requests.
Nothing prevents a program like ...
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Can I connect one router to another router wirelessly to be able to use the ethernet ports on the second router?
If, by router, you mean the standaard set-up that SOHO NAT routers have, then, no, it will not work. These routers use the WiFi as access point not as client.
You may look at openwrt, an alternative ...
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1 ISP 2 wifi routers LAN-LAN dropping
Run an Ethernet connection to your target location. You said you did this.
Make sure the Ethernet works by itself.
Make sure the subnet upstairs is the same downstairs. That will help.
The first pair (...
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How is My Wi-Fi configured for port-forwarding?
how the outside from the WLAN can reach to this CPE
Most likely they cannot, as it hasn't even been issued a public IP address. The "Data IP" is from the private-use 10.0.0.0/8 range; this ...
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C4000XG router advanced SSID config
In an HP forum, I learned that it was necessary to use an SSID specific to 2.4 GHz rather than the single "flexible" one this unit broadcasts by default. In the router's wireless ...
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opensuse leap 15.4, automatic wifi connection to known sites using eth0
You want to switch to Network Manager rather than use wicked.
Wicked just uses a single entry and cannot configured with multiple connections.
Network Manager however, can.
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How to use Windows network card drivers in Kali Linux
have you installed the extension pack for virtual box? https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
if not install it then in you virtual box manager in Os settings
Go to usb and add usb 2.0 and add the ...
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wifi randomly disconnects windows 10
Had similar issue (all devices work flawlessly, one older laptop either randomly disconnects, either never connects from boot) when both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz broadcast shared same network name.
The ...
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Adding an exception to DoS protection settings of my router
Just disable it.
The router on the receiving end has no means to prevent packets from being delivered to it, so this kind of "Flood" protection is only useful if implemented in front of the ...
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No internet on subnet after static routing setup
You should not configure the [Cluster router] but the [Home router] as Gateway.
Besides its IP in the home network 192.168.0.0/24 the [Home router] requires an IP in the 10.42.42.0/24 of the [Cluster ...
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Automatically enabling wifi on system startup
This might not be a good solution but you can create a batch script that turns off the WiFi interface and turn it back on and schedule it to run every time you turn on your machine.
Since restarting ...
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Can't map network drive hosted on Windows server from Windows client on different network
Ensure that both TCP ports 139 and 445 are opened on the Windows Server 2022 machine. Also confirm both those ports are allowed through on your router forwarding and firewall rules where applicable. ...
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Accessing a device (IP camera) connected to a wifi extender on my existing router
Thanks to @YisroelTech and @charlesz, this question is now solved. The solution was the following:
Connect to the extended network and get the camera's IP address
Connect to the original network and ...
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Broadcasting LAN wirelessly?
Is there a way I can connect some device to the switch using ethernet cable, so that it broadcasts that local network over WiFi?
Yes, and that is literally what Wi-Fi does most of the time.
The ...
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Wi-Fi shows all bars but data can only be transferred after a delay
Wi-Fi being connected is a local connection between you and the router/access point, this doesn't say anything about what the router/access point is doing/allowing/capable/connected.
Wi-Fi is like the ...
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Making 2 networks talk to each other
It's technically possible, but as you're tampering with someone else's network (which I strongly suggest you not do in the first place) you need to be careful to not interfere with it. Network ...
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Configure router to redirect URL to custom IP
Check if your modem has a feature named "DNS Host Mapping", or similar. I've seen that on consumer-grade modems, including old ones.
You'd just enter mydev as the host name and 192.168.50.82 ...
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WI-FI connection Windows 11
Try using a tool such as Nirsoft's WiFiInfoView, below, to view the connection when it is working.
Right-click on the connection and Create Desktop Shortcut, preferably by BSSID.
Nest time there's an ...
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