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How do I access the Linksys E2000 wireless router setup page [migrated]

I'm trying to access & configure my wireless router's options. The wireless router is a Linksys E2000 and the default gateway's IP address is 192.168.33.1 I've gotten into the router setup by ...
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Windows 7 doesn't see wireless on Channel 13 - Ubuntu does [migrated]

I have a dual boot laptop Dell Inspiron 1501 my wireless router is broadcasting on channel 13 (this is legal in UK, and is a good way to avoid interference with dozen of other networks in a ...
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Can Every wireless Broadband router be set as Accesspoint [migrated]

I am planning for purchasing a cheap Accesspoint(temporary). But found out that Broadband wireless routers are less cost than access point. I configured a broadband router as accesspoint in our ...
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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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Windows Server 2008 R2 share internet connection with multiple networks [closed]

I have a server running Windows 2008 R2 x64 with a total of three network cards: one on-board, one PCI, and one Wireless USB dongle (D-link DWA-140). The on-board card is connected to the internet, ...
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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. ...
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Configure DD-WRT / wireless router firmware online

Is there a way to configure firmware such as DD-WRT for a wireless router online or through a software program prior to loading it on the device? For example, let's say that I want to setup a ...
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Did the solar event mess up my wireless printers?

I have 5 wireless printers on my network, Brother HL-2170CWs, and not long after the massive solar flare on Tuesday, 2 of the 5 wireless printers are failing to connect to the network.
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Can not access network drives after installing new wireless router

My new wireless router is blocking access to company network drives. If i remove the router and connect directly to company network, i am able to access mapped network drives, but as soon as i connect ...
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How to stop windows 7 from disabling wireless network?

I have simple problem on few laptops with Windows 7 64-bit. They uses wi-fi network and all works fine, but sometimes, after hibernating and restoring system, wi-fi network is disabled (Wi-Fi icon in ...
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WRT320N wireless router with lots of ipods connected

I want to use a WRT320N with DD-WRT as an (unprotected) access point for 80-120 iPods, iPhones, and other phones with wireless capability, as well as one wired desktop. Will this work at all (will I ...
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one particular laptop does not receive UDP broadcast messages

I am trying to debug a problem with a particular laptop which is running Ubuntu. We have a service which uses broadcast UDP messages, and this laptop is not receiving them on its wireless interface, ...
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What could cause wireless clients to lose a strong connection?

I am having an issue in a wireless network. There are about 10 wireless machines (laptops) connected to a server through a wireless router (Cisco E2000). Every once in a while a bunch of machines ...
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What software for wireless redirect to TOU page?

What software is typically used to redirect users on a public WAP to a TOU page? For example, at McDonald's if you jump on their free wireless, you cannot SSH until first attempting to use a ...
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Monitoring network usage according to IP address in Wireless network

Hiii, I have an internet connection which is shared by 8 users via an D-Link N150 wireless router. It is 1Mbps connection and we want that no one should download in excess when everyone is using the ...
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How to set up redirect on first web-access from wireless?

I've noticed a lot of open wireless access points will associate but won't forward your traffic until you attempt a web connection. This attempt is redirected to a TOU page. If I want to do ...
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Windows 7 appears to select inconsistent anchor during wireless connection

We have a wireless authentication server (Windows 2003 SP2 with IAS). It is configured with a DigiCert certificate. The certificate chain looks like this: Entrust.net Secure Server Certification ...
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How bad is the stock firmware on the Asus RT-N16?

I am interested in utilizing the advertised feature set of the Asus RT-N16 (Print Server, File Server, WAP etc.), but I have heard negative things about the stock firmware. The word on the street ...
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Updating / forcing usb wireless driver in Linux

I have a new USB WIFI stick Airlive X.USB-3. It's a a/b/g/n solution with dual external atennas based ar9170 chipset. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 website states that the ...
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New contacts or calendar events created on iPad not syncing wirelessly to Outlook/Exchange 2010

This was working before but broke recently, and it may be due to some Windows Server 2008 R2/Exchange 2010 updates. Creating NEW calendar/contact items on company iPads will not result with them ...
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What does “WPA” mean in ifconfig_wlan0=“WPA DHCP”

The handbook suggests that these settings can be used for WPA in FreeBSD: wlans_ath0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" But as far as I'm concerned this very settings can be used for WEP. So what ...
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Access to IIS running within wireless network

I'm making a web site/application and I want to be able to access the website from outside my LAN. I'm serving the site via IIS; When accessing the site from within my LAN everthing looks good, but ...
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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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