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How to write a script to read wifi SSID and password from USB drive at boot up and auto logon to wifi network

I have an embedded system that is running Debian. I want to be able to provide wifi network SSID and password information via a USB thumb drive. That way I can easily deploy it to any wifi network. ...
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Get network information through Ubuntu Terminal

Is there a command where, when entered outputs information such as: If the network connection is wired or wireless if it is a wireless network, the name of the wireless network How strong the signal ...
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get RSSI using commands?

mu network is group created by WIFI DIRECT, so i need to measure the signal strength RSSI between the client and its owner for android platform. So, assume we know SSID and MAC address for owner or ...
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How to monitor other nodes to get RSSI?

I need to measure RSSI between two peers of nodes in same network. If I have these two information: SSID for their network. IP for the target node to get the RSSI regarding it. So I found this ...
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No DNS on Debian wifi after unplugging the DNS cable

I have installed wheezy Release Candidate 1 to my old laptop (Benq Joybook A52) right now, and I have some problem with my wireless card (Atheros 5006). It can actually see the wireless networks, I ...
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RaspberryPi drops Wifi connection

I am using Airlink Fully compatible Wireless N 150 Ultra Mini-USB Adapter (AWLL5099) with my RaspPi to get internet. I am also bridging this WiFi connection with an Ethernet cable to provide internet ...
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The n mode on “iwlist wlan0 scan”

I know how to determine if scanned AP uses B or G mode, but how to know (using "iwlist wlan0 scan") it uses N protocol ? if I use "iw dev wlan0 scan" and see if the cell has a "HT capabilities" block. ...
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Equivalent for netsh start network on linux

I recenty read about the Windows option for creating an access point, that will run on the same physical device, as the machine. So that I can connect my other devices to that network, and have access ...
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Wi-fi connection failing on Arch Linux

I' ve just installed Arch Linux on my computer, I have some problems: If I write # iwconfig The result is -bash: iwconfig: command not found the same is with ifconfig instead if I try with # ...
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full-featured WLAN USB adaptor

I am searching for a WLAN USB adaptor that can be used as an Access Point as well as a mere client and in an AdHoc setup. It should support IEEE 802.11n and transmit rather fast (300Mbps). As I ...
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Driver for Intel 2200BG wireless network card

I'm trying to make work my wireless network card Intel 2200BG in my laptop Acer Travelmate 4002WLMI. I tried so far: $ sudo lshw -C network *-network:1 description: Wireless interface ...
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Monitor mode wifi only seeing broadcast packets

I have pretty much exhausted every link I have found on google regarding this topic, and I'd like some of the most experienced eyes on the problem, because something obscure must be going on. Systems ...
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Easily connecting to the internet with FreeBSD

I am a beginner at using UNIX, and I have a small Toshiba notebook computer which I installed FreeBSD 9.x on. I looked at the online handbook to try to find out how to connect to the internet, but ...
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Connect to hidden Wifi AP with wpa-supplicant?

I have a headless Debian machine, with a Wifi dongle connected. I used to hide the Wifi AP, but now I can't. If I unhide it, some lines in the /etc/network/interfaces will allow me to connect: auto ...
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'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning (Ubuntu LTS 10.04)

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) on a Samsung N150+ netbook. I cannot scan wifi networks using iwlist and I would like to do so. Here is the output from some tests: ...
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Networking is not starting up?

I have a Raspberry Pi and while its plugged into the network via ethernet, my setup works and I can connect to the static IP. Today I bought a wlan adapter and after install it works great too... but ...
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How to enable WIFI on VMWare Fedora 12? (It's detecting and working fine on Windows 7)

I am new to Linux. I have Fedora 12 running on my VMware. I am unable to see any options to enable WIFI connection on Fedora. When I am accessing Internet through WIFI and its working perfectly fine ...
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Terminal commands equivalent to NetworkManager's “Use as Hotspot” option

I'm making a gui application which will control my laptop in order to make it act as a wifi hotspot. I may change distributions so I want to find a solution which will work generally for all ...
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Debian Wheezy + Hostapd 1.0 + ath9k randomly failing

I got a problem with my soft AP. I got an old PC running as router which has 3 NIC and 1 wifi PCI card TP-Link L-WN751ND. This box runs Debian Wheezy, hostapd, dhcpd etc. The problem is that AP ...
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How can I setup a wifi access point to only allow users if they accept an EULA?

I need to setup an access point to only allow users through if they first accept an EULA. To make things slightly simpler, I'm looking into doing this with a unix machine that shares the connection ...
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Auto-switch to wifi

Need to connect to specific wifi point as soon as it is in range. If it is out of range, then system must stay connected LAN. In case, any wifi-point is in range, there must be auto-switch.
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D-Link Wireless N 150 USB Adapter on Ubuntu

Link DWA-123 wireless adapter, on my desktop running Ubuntu 9.10 the device is being recognized as in, when I hit lsusb i get this entry Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2001:3c17 D-Link Corp. [hex] How do i ...
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Fedora 15: em1 recently dissapeared and hostapd no longer serves internet to wirelessly connected devices

I have a laptop running hostapd, phpd, and mysql. This laptop uses an Ethernet connection to connect to the internet and acts as a wireless access point for my workplace's wifi devices. After ...
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Auto connect to a wireless network (Ångström Linux)

I am using Ångström Linux on BeagleBoard-xM. I have installed a RTL8188SU USB Wi-Fi adapter and configured it properly. But it doesn't connect automatically even though I have marked the interface as ...
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Where are NetworkManager's WiFi settings stored?

I remember the days of playing with /etc/$WE/wpa_supplicant.conf to try and force a semi-secure network on a debian based system, but now on to xubuntu, I haven't needed to do any *.conf-ing in a ...
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How to create an ad-hoc connection?

I need to make an adhoc connection on Archlinux (netbook used as a wifi repeater), I was using this tutorial to do it on Ubuntu : At the terminal install execute sudo apt-get install dnsmasq-base ...
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Can I spoof the MAC address in Android?

Is it possible to spoof the MAC address of the wireless interface using wpa_supplicant.conf in Android when I connect as a client to an access point? Edit Unfortunately, Android doesn't support ...
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How can I print out information about a Wireless Access Point in range?

How can I print out information about a Wireless Access Point in range? Can I for example get the MAC address?
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Firmware for wireless card on Ubuntu/Debian?

This is a follow up to my previous question about Debian support for Linksys Wusb600n. I have tried running the Ubunut/Xubuntu LiveCDs and the WiFi does not come up. The Gnome Network Manager menu ...
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All commands that should be used to connect to wifi in command line

I would like to switch from gnome to awesome and I would like to connect my wifi network in command line (instead of using gnome tools). So, I searched on the internet and found approximatively the ...
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How do you derive the passphrase from hexadecimal wep key?

I have a hexadecimal WEP key in the setting of my router. When I try to connect, the system asks me for the WEP passphrase. How can I derive it from my hexadecimal? This is what I have: ...
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Setting up a wireless to ethernet bridge

I am trying to set up a temporary network using the following hardware [Wireless Router]))) )) ) [laptop] ----- [Desktop] ^wifi (debian) ^ethernet ^(3com Audrey) Looking ...