Questions tagged [wifi]
WiFi is a layer 1 and 2 networking protocol for wireless communication between devices. It is typically used in local networks for client access, but can also be used in point-to-point network links. WPA is used to encrypt traffic.
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What are the obstacles to providing reliable Internet access and Wi-Fi at large tech conferences? [closed]
Every tech conference I've ever been to, and I've been to a lot, has had absolutely abysmal Wi-Fi and Internet access.
Sometimes it's the DHCP server running out of addresses. Sometimes the backhaul ...
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How to test real network throughput between two points?
What are some of the better tools/utilities for testing real bandwidth across a link? In my case I am testing the real throughput across a wifi bridge.
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What's the maximum number of wifi connections for a single WiFi router?
We've got a Draytek 2829VN Wifi router and I'm wondering how many concurrent connections I should expect a router of this kind to cope with? We are looking to connect 60 iPads!
I'd also be ...
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Slowest wireless client dictates the connection quality of all others?
Not sure if this is the place to ask this, but I couldn't find a more appropriate StackExchange site. I heard that the quality of wireless connection follows the law of the lowest common denominator - ...
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How do captive portal network connections work?
Internet access at hotels, airports cafes is often gated by a captive portal which forces you to a particular web page on first use, for example a payment page or some page to accept a terms of ...
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Security considerations of WPA versus WPA2?
As we replacing our existing WEP infrastructure across multiple offices, we are weighing the value of upgrading to WPA versus WPA2 (both PSK). We have several different types of devices that do not ...
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802.1x automatically validate certificate in windows clients
We're deploying a wireless networking using Windows Server 2008 NAC as a RADIUS server. When Windows XP or 7 clients connect they initally fail to connect.
In order to enable the client to connect we ...
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Setting up WiFi extenders... is it possible to daisy-chain them?
At a location with limited cabling, I've had to set up WiFi signal extenders to cover the whole area. Here is a crude diagram...
Internet - WiFi/Gateway - Extender 1 - Extender 2
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Wireless to Wireless Transfer Slow on a Linksys WRT54GL
The Situation:
When I try to transfer a file from one computer to another that are both connected via wireless on a WRT54GL (in a office) with dd-wrt firmware I often get bad speeds. In generally ...
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How can I enable domain authentication over wireless in Windows 7/2k8?
I've got several domain-member laptops which commonly roam to places where there aren't any network ports available. Occasionally, during these times, the laptop may be used by someone who has not ...
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Will segmenting wi-fi SSIDs limit the spread of viruses, trojans and the like?
I have been championed to install a router that supports multiple SSIDs and being relatively new to the world of networking, would I be able to limit the spread of viruses and the like if I have users ...
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Are WiFi Max Solutions worth considering
We are looking at ways to help cut our costs and our T1 contract is up. We have run across a local company that offers a 2mbit WiFi Max solution that is considerably cheaper than a T1. They have a ...
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How is it possible that I can do a host lookup but not a curl?
Has anyone ever seen this before? Note that this happens not only with google.com, but with every domain I try. It's a wireless connection (WEP), but I'm not sure how that would be relevant:
$ curl ...
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Is there an equivalent command for 'init.d/networking restart' in OS X
From time to time, I've encountered issues with OS X clients' network connections (Wired and Wireless, Leopard/Snow Leopard) where nothing will fix the issue, until you reboot.
Is there a ...
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WEP/WPA/WPA2 and wifi sniffing
I know that WEP traffic can be "sniffed" by any user of the WIFI.
I know that WPA/WPA2 traffic is encrypted using a different link key for each user, so they can't sniff traffic... unless they ...
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Why would you use EAP-TTLS instead of PEAP?
As I understood EAP-TTLS and PEAP share same level of security when implemented in wireless networks. Both only provide server side authentication via certificate.
The drawback of EAP-TTLS can be ...
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VLAN for WiFi traffic separation (new to VLANing)
I run a school network with switches in different departments. All is routed through to a central switch to access the servers.
I would like to install WiFi access points in the different departments ...
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Wireless Signal Strength + Performance
We have two access points on the shop floor. One of the AP's is not performing correctly with erratic signal strength and connectivity. Are there any open source tools available to measure performance ...
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set tap0 using virt-manager for bridged wireless
After 3 days I finally have kvm guests working on the network via wireless (link below - thanks!):
My network is 192.168.1.0/24
on the host:
sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
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Load testing wireless LANs
Anyone have any suggestions for methods of load-testing wireless networks for enterprise network deployments?
We've got a wide array of different wireless worst-case scenarios to support.
rooms ...
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LAN Between Buildings
Right now I have two buildings across the street from one another that both have typical consumer aDSL connections (something like 12 Mbs down/1 Mbs up). When I need to access resources on the other ...
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How can I set up a single wireless network through a number of WIFI routers?
I need to set up wireless access for my company headquarters. We live in a 4 story building and all 4 floors need to be covered. Currently I have 4 WIFI routers (Checkpoint SBOX, combined FW+router), ...
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Creating a bridged WiFi AP (hotspot) in Centos 8 (or Fedora)
I am trying to create a bridged WiFi hotspot on a Centos 8 system, using NetworkManager. The machine is Dell EPC3000, with two built-it GigE's and ath10k wireless adapter, plus an LTE WWAN.
Creating ...
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AFP painfully slow
Copying a file using AFP took 40 minutes but using scp it only took 7 mins. Why is AFP so slow?
My setup:
D-Link DIR-300 wifi router
iMac with Snow-Leopard serves AFP
Macbook with Leopard is the ...
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Is wireless wake on lan possible?
I don't really have much to add to the question in the title.. Is it possible to wake a computer via a wireless network card? (Assuming that a wireless card doesn't consume enough power to make ...
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Adding a second wireless router to my network
I have Verizon DSL service that came with a westell 7500 wireless router, but the wireless does not cover a big enough area.
I also own a linksys wireless router which I would like to place about 75 ...
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Windows 7 - wireless connection sharing [closed]
I am trying to share my mobile broadband Internet connection with other machines via Wi-Fi and am running Windows 7. Users are able to connect to my machine, but they are not able to obtain an ...
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Free Wi-Fi hotspot management software for school
I'm working in a high school and I'd like to put in place a public Wi-Fi network with a captive portal that asks for authentication but also keeps track of user information, like the amount of data ...
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WPA2 Enterprise - Validating Identity
I cannot get WPA2 enterprise to work on my network. I will give you an overview of the current setup.
Windows Domain, using IAS and its own CA
Linksys WAP200 Access Point
I setup the AP to use ...
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Do all captive portal solutions work the same way? (cookie, vs MAC address, vs other?)
While traveling and having to interact with a number of broken captive portal implementations I've overheard other passengers having usability issues with iPads, Phones, computers depending on the ...
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How do I setup a wide area wireless network?
I manage the network for my parents small business (an after hours type thing just to keep them from having to pay someone), and I would like to setup a wireless network for them. They have two large ...
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WiFi planning tool [closed]
I am going to build a complex wifi network in a large building, so I am looking for a kind of software, which can:
Plan APs positions on a map (ex: floor map)
Draw AP's theoretical coverage (...
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how to forward wlan0 to eth0?
I get internet from my wireless wlan0 and I would like to forward it to eth0 which is connected to another laptop. How can I do that? Thanks.
Edit: my wireless card is intel:
0b:00.0 Network ...
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Wireless network between buildings
I'd like to have a network connection between two buildings, but can't use wires so I'm looking into other solutions:
Are there some sort of directional WIFI antennas that I can place in the outside ...
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Connect to WEP Wireless Network by command line on Ubuntu
I am a newbie to both network and Linux. I am now trying to connect to a WEP wireless network by command line on my Ubuntu 8.10, because the Network Manager does not support 64 bit WEP.
(1) I ...
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Wireless Profile via Group Policy - Specific Trusted Root not Listed?
So I am trying to use Group Policy to configure the wireless settings on a bunch of laptops. We are using a third party cert that isn't showing up as an option in the list of Trusted Root ...
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hp 6716s, 6715b, and 6710s laptops on linux wireless problem
A year ago we bought several HP Compaq's laptops. Different models, from 6715s, 6715b, 6710s, 6735 ... (not all of them have gone through my hands so I don't know every one of them). They came with ...
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Windows 7 Laptops "unable to find logon server"
In the school I work in we have a large number (500+) of Windows 7 laptops on a Meru Wireless system and Server 2008 R2 Servers. We have an appalingly large failure rate where a student or staff ...
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How to hack airport extreme to support USB 3G modem? [closed]
Has anyone out there ever tried to hack the Airport Extreme, specifically with regard to the USB port? There are many cellular routers available that provide WiFi sharing of a USB modem link. However, ...
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SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
When I am starting wlan0 it shows me the following error:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
I should install firmware, How to determine which firmware do I need?
How to determine Wifi card ...
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Why are my listener-less multicast packets affecting Wifi performance?
I've got a program that sends out a IPv6 multicast packet (to ff12::2:0:8afb:382b:c053:85f%en1) every 50ms. I've got it running on a very simple single-computer LAN (Mac mini <-wifi-> Linksys wifi ...
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DHCP Starvation, A Trivial Solution?
I know there are a lot of solutions out there for mitigating DHCP starvation attacks. But wouldn't a really simple solution be to just set the DHCP address pool to 1.1.1.1 - 254.254.254.254 (or some ...
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welcome page via wireless internet
i want to make welcome page if users are surfing via my wirelesss connection
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user come to my resturant with his iphone
and search for wireless networkrs
the user see the resturant ...
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D-link DAP-2590 VLAN configuration
So we have been fighting this issue for well over a year. It's been so long that I am having to relearn the configuration today. Here's the situation. We're running several D-Link DAP-2590's with ...
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Utilise Netsh Wlan in WIn PE 4.0
We have been working with unattended domain joins using SCCM 2012. We used to use a command line step in the OSD to join the machine to the local wireless network prior to domain join.
The syntax used ...
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Wireless router with vpn server [closed]
I'm searching for a WLAN (Wifi) Router that can be used as VPN server as well for my home office.
Any good suggestions?
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What do I need to transform my network from Ethernet to WiFi?
I'd like to know what is the best Hardware to install/buy to transform the whole network of my company from Ethernet to WiFi (keeping Ethernet for security first...).
There are 2 servers and 12 ...
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Wireless Bridging two Sonicwall Firewalls
We have two sites (essentially two small buildings side by side but we are unable to run CAT5 cable between them) which are currently linked via a wireless bridge. We will be splitting the sites so ...
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Redirect all traffic on my network to a welcome page [closed]
When someone connects to my network and tries to browse, I would like to redirected to a welcome page. I know there are some commercial solutions for hotspots out there, what I am looking for is just ...
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Redirecting all WiFi requests to my server (like captive portal)
I'm actually trying to develop a public wireless network (not business, just for educational purposes, I am studying computer science...). But I am lacking the required knowledge to acheive this goal (...