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Wi-Fi switchover sucks beyond imagination [closed]
I'm having AP1 in our home. I've recently bought AP2 to expand our Wi-Fi coverage. Now AP1 and AP2 is about 13 metres (43 feet) and 4 walls away from each other.
Let's say I connect to AP1 then ...
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Starting wireless LAN connection service before the Windows Login [closed]
Previously, I was connected to the router by wire. Now I must connect using a Wireless card.
This is OK, however, I want the card connected to the WAP before I login to Windows (winXP Pro). I need ...
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linux wireless access point with http injection [closed]
I'm looking to build a wireless access point (no security, open to the world) based on a basic Linux machine. I am open to which distro to use.
I know there are gateways out there that allow you to ...
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Linux wireless network with apache
I want to create a wireless network, which I want to launch a php web application in it. Could you please tell me what I need for this? Which Linux server edition I must install, what configurations I ...
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Wireless internet router keeps dropping out [closed]
I've got a problem with my wireless router at home. It is a BT ADSL line (8mbit) (though we usually get 5mbit). We're using a Belkin N wireless modem router
There are at any one time between 1 and 6 ...
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NETGEAR N300 DGN2000 as wireless repeater [migrated]
I want my netgear n300 dgn2000 router work as a wireless repeater, the parent would be a dlink dir600 router. Is this possible?
I've been searching, but all I find is how to set up two or more ...
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Need to hard reset Dlink router once a week [migrated]
I am having a Dlink DIR 655 router at the home. Once a week randomly, I see that my connection becomes weak and faulty. I have to go and do a hard-reset of the router (switch off and switch on), so ...
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Wireless settings saved for all users?
For both Windows 7 and Windows XP the wireless network settings are being saved for all users.
I want to stop this behavior - force all users to enter their own credentials - plus kill any existing ...
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Advise on a 240,000 sqft outdoor wireless network
I'm looking for an idea of what qualities to look for in the equipment for a wireless network that covers the entire area of an outdoor arena. The area is rectangular-ish in shape. 400ft wide and ...
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Can't access a URL with custom port from inside the LAN, but can from outside
I need to access a page in my dev server via internet. Since my ISP provides me a dynamic IP, I set this POC scenario:
I'm using NO-IP to translate the url to the actual IP.
I set a SERVA64 portable ...
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Domain authentication over OPEN wireless pre-logon (Windows 7 Pro) - No logon servers avail
I have a plethora of laptops that are joined to an AD domain. I have an enterprise wireless system setup, the users of these laptops will be using an OPEN unsecured SSID which will ultimately have a ...
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Configure Windows 7 Wireless at Windows Setup with Unattend?
Is it possible to configure the wireless settings at deployment by customizing the Unattend.xml file?
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PEAP Trusted Root CA setting not being Applied as directed by Group Policy
I have created a GPO and linked it to a test OU. This GPO has Windows 7 Wireless Policy that directs the machines to auth on the network with PEAP in computer auth mode.
This auth is being done with ...
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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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Wireless performance test
I work in a high school, and want to do a performance test of our wireless network. We have some 700 students, each with at least 1 wireless device. Assuming they will typically only use one device ...
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cisco WVC210 wireless cctv on wpa enterprise
Has anyone else had any issues getting a cisco WVC210 wireless cctv camera to work on their wireless systems with WPA enterprise mode ?
The wireless is an aruba setup and is known to work with at ...
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Use network cable connection over wireless
I have a laptop which is always connected to the wireless network in our office.
At my desk i also have a network cable which, of course, gives me a much better network speed. The problem is that ...
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How do I configure wireless router to stop forwarding broadcast directed traffic to the network?
Basically, can anyone tell/assist me on how to make my NETGEAR N 300 Wireless Router stop forwarding broadcast directed traffic to the network?
So the problem is this: I've been receiving DoS attack: ...
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Wireless: what happens with a duplicate mac and ip
What would happen if two computers have exactly the same mac and ip ?
We were having a discussion about what would happen if, on a WIRELESS network.
If both have the same IP and mac, considering ...
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How to prevent multi-homed clients from overwriting their own DNS entries
Most of the computers on our network are laptops, so they have two adapters: wired and wireless. When a laptop is connected to both wired and wireless networks, it registers both IP addresses in DNS. ...
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How to configure samba to workaround UDP broadcast problems?
I have a problem that NetBIOS name of my Ubuntu laptop connected through WiFi cannot be resolved from other machines. Using a packet sniffer and nmblookup I figured out that the wlan interface doesn't ...
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Corporate Wireless policies
Our corporate laptops are restricted to only allow internet access through our proxy (connection profile in Internet Explorer pushed through a GPO). On a remote/3rd party connection this is allowed by ...
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Troubleshooting Aruba 92 Access Point
We have an Aruba wireless system with five current access points and a virtual controller. I have just purchased another (Aruba 92) access point and can't get the controller to recognize it. The power ...
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Getting IP addresses through sniffing [closed]
Is it possible to know the gateway address of a wireless AP that I'm not connected to through sniffing? Airodump-ng can show MAC addresses of the AP and the clients associated but doesn't show IP ...
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Windows server 2003 radius wireless connection failure for laptops
this is a problem that bothers me for some time, each time I think I solved i comes back again.
I have about 12 laptops, they all go to same wireless router, which has radius authentication with ...
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Is there such a thing as a wireless access point that isn't also a client?
I come across a lot of technical literature that talks about a device being a "wireless access point/client/bridge", or "AP/client/repeater", or "AP/Client".
I understand that bridging and repeating ...
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Alternative Local or Cloud Controlled Wireless networks
I'm looking for advice on how to implement our office Wifi network. If possible we'd like to have cloud managed tools and also minimize costs.
Desired Features
Mainly we want to be able to easily ...
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Point to Point wireless network
I have to link two offices 0.62 miles apart with a wireless link. So far my setup is as follows :
2 24db directional parabolic wifi antenna
1 watt wifi amplifiers on each antenna
Access point on ...
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Wireless setup for my Aironet 1260 [closed]
I have a new Aironet 1260. I've read that I shouldn't setup WEP for wireless. Any recommendations on how this should be configured? Should I setup 802.1X? I assume I need to setup a radius server. ...
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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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using access point with IP outside normal network segment
having an issue trying to segment my network.
Currently, our LAN resides on the 10.1.x.x segment, the first x varying based on qeuipment type, and the second varying on the number of the particular ...
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Realistic benchmarks of 802.11n / WiFi N performance?
I need to be able to connect a computer to our network with realistic speeds to the rest of the network of 30+ Mbps (as measured by something like iperf). Running a wire is not an option here, and the ...
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Issues getting a Cisco WLC 5508 to find AIR-LAP1142N
hoping someone can help me with a problem here. I'm attempting to setup a test (loan from Cisco) wireless network. Here's what i've got/done:
5508 Controller -
Service Port IP set to 10.74.5.2 /24.
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Software Control internet access
I am about to install 20 airport extreme to provide wireless around the campus. The method of choice to control access is using MAC address filtering. It would be difficult however to update all the ...
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setup web server behind a router [closed]
I want to turn a laptop with a broken monitor into a home web server behind a wireless router (buffalo airstation). I removed all ubuntu gui packages and installed lighttpd. The laptop has a fixed ip ...
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Suggestions for Wi-Fi NICs, supported by Linux drivers, to use as an access point [closed]
We're looking to replace a wireless access point and DSL modem with a dedicated Linux box.
What wireless card can be suggested? PCI would be preferable, that is supported by Linux and is capable of ...
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Does there exist a short range wireless router, or are all 2dBi?
When I look at specs for wireless routers, then I either can't find the signal strength or it is 2dBi per antenna.
I am looking for a short range (low antenna dBi) and low throughput (transmitted ...
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Local web application slow down when computer plugged into router
I have a situation with a user running web application on his local machine for testing. This machine is not connected to the internet. The application is very responsive at this point. However, when ...
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How does WiFi on a bus work? [closed]
We are looking to implement WiFi on some of our private buses. We are in the early step of the process and we are gathering information.
How does WiFi works on a bus that is roaming around the ...
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Wireless Network Bandwith Control
I have a client who would like to setup public wifi in their waiting rooms. They had a solution, but invariably someone would take up so much bandwidth it would start causing issues with their VOIP.
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Is it possible to get a module to support a device that (sometimes) reports a wrong PCI ID?
I’m trying to setup a wireless NIC (TP-Link TL-WN350GD) on a Linux server (Debian Squeeze).
After a cold boot, lspci -nn shows that the PCI ID for the card is 168c:ffa1. The kernel (2.6.38 from ...
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Safety Issues in Server Room
We work in a room with a large number of servers and are worried about the noise. It is finally well air conditioned and has two windows and we have nice desks etc... We are asking them to maybe put ...
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My wireless is faster than my lan by a lot… why?
At my job the wireless is pulling download speeds of 11mbps and uploading at 2mbps. The lan however is averaging around 2-5mbps download and 1-2mbps upload. Our setup is pretty basic, a cable modem, ...
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A simple QoS implementation with Cisco WRT160N
We have a Cisco WRT160N wireless router which shares internet to ~5 clients. What I want to do is to make sure that every client has equal bandwidth.
The router has QoS option, but it gives priority ...
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IIS 7 Smooth Streaming Bandwidth Throttling/Cycling Hardware
I am working on a project that supports Video On Demand (VOD) assets to be served from a cluster of Windows 2008 Enterprise servers using Smooth Streaming on IIS 7 to mobile handset devices (WP7, ...
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Replacement for Sonicwall TZ series firewall [closed]
I am looking for a relatively cheaper alternative to the Sonicwall TZ series firewall/wireless router device.
The main features I am looking for are:
1. Wireless router capability on a separate ...
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Linux Wireless Router Setup
I have a Centos 5.6 Linux Server configured as Router with NAT for my LAN. There are currently 2 NIC's on my server. One is connected to WAN , a PPOE connection (eth0) and eth1 is connected to a ...
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Configuring Wireless Network
I have vyataa router on VMware with 2 interfaces eth0 and eth1
eth0 is facing the internet
eth0 is in Nat mode with dhcp on
eth1 is in bridged mode with my ethernet with ip 10.0.2.34/24
The ...
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Wireless ARP make network unusable rather than capturing a packet
I try to do arp-poisoning on my wireless network using ethercap (same method as using on wired). It make the victim network unusable rather than forward packet to attacker computer. Why ?
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Could my wireless router randomly reboot if it has a too big antenna?
Because If we (several wireless clients) download too much (that means "full speed" for several hours) the router (WRT160NL - OpenWrt 10.04 with two default 8 dBi omni antenna) just reboots randomly. ...
