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Linux crashing my DD-WRT router
I'll start off that I'm new to Linux. A couple months ago I tried installing Ubuntu 11.10 on a laptop (HP). The install went great, however when setting up my wireless network, it caused my router ...
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1answer
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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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Fedora now tries to connect to wireless at boot?
In my Fedora 16 installation I've recently noticed that it tries to connect to wireless at boot (I have kernel messages turned on at boot so I can see it trying). The issue though is that my wireless ...
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Raspberry PI Wireless Dongle [closed]
I was lucky to order a Raspberry PI yesterday, and have been looking at arranging the accessories for it. In the launch info on the Raspberry PI site it links to Premier Farnell which shows a micro ...
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1answer
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Fedora 15 Gnome Shell Pauses on certain wireless networks
Whenever I connect to my girlfriend's wireless network, gnome shell will "pause" randomly. Gnome shell quits updating or drawing. The clock is set to use seconds, and will pause for anywhere from 1 to ...
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Is there a tool to display WiFi information in console?
Can I view detected WiFi networks details (like signal strength, encryption etc.) in command line? The more detailed - the better.
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Sharing Mobile Internet To Others
Currently I am using a mobile internet connection using an USB cable. How do I share this connection with my peer who only has a wireless card on his macbook?
So far what I have tried: Internet ...
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2answers
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How to install drivers on Linux
How can I install a driver on any Linux?
I have XG-762 Sagem adapter on USB with the ZyDAS 1211B chipset, and I don't have drivers for it. What should I do?
PS: Despite it should be in my file ...
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How to identify the wireless network card on my laptop?
bash-4.1# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated ...
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Linksys WAG200 DSL/Router combo with cable modem?
I have a Linksys DSL/Router combo. It was previously used for my DSL connection. I switched to a cable connection now, using Motorola cable modem.
Is it possible to create have the cable connection ...
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Mint Linux Wireless Issues
as I understand it LMDE is built based upon Ubuntu; and I did not receive much help from the official Linux Mint forum, so I've decided to post here.
My problem started yesterday, when I installed ...
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Can't insert rt2800usb module: Invalid argument
I just got an ASUS N13 USB wireless dongle, and unfortunately it's not detected and I can't load it with modprobe:
$ sudo modprobe rt2800usb
WARNING: All config files need .conf: ...
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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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BCM4312 802.11b/g and Scientific-linux
I have a fresh Scientific-linux 6.1 install on a Compaq 610 notebook:
lspci | grep Broadcom
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
But I can't see the ...
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Linux 3.x: what wireless chipsets will support a bridged connection?
I have asked a similar question on the Ubuntu pages but this is likely a generic Linux issue: what variety of wireless cards/drivers will support being placed in a bridged connection? I have been ...
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1answer
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RTL8191SE wireless card not working in Debian Squeeze
I'm having trouble getting my wireless card seen in debian squeeze. iwconfig only shows eth0 and l0 but no wlan0. ifconfig wlan0 up says theres no such device.
I compiled a backport kernel and I now ...
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1answer
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Wireless WAP Roaming on Ubuntu Server
I have an Ubuntu server that connects to the network over wireless. Since it obviously doesn't have Gnome's NetworkManager I have to configure everthing manually.
I've got it sucessfully connecting ...
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configuration for my wireless connection
I had connection issues so I changed some wireless configuration.
I think I solved the problem, but I still have minor issues.
First thing I had my Internet connection freeze badly,
Then after doing ...
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1answer
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Wireless indicator light flashing for activity on laptop keyboard
Here's wireless:
$ lspci | grep -i wireless
0d:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000
OS is Linux Mint 12, using gnome2/compiz.
I've got HP Pavilion dv7 899AW, ...
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What's the next step in troubleshooting this wireless connection failure?
I just installed Ubuntu 10.04.3 to dual-boot with Windows. I can connect to the Internet using a wired connection, but not through wireless. The first time I booted, the wireless notification bar ...
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Wireless rtl8187 freezes intermittently
I am using a wireless USB ALFA 036H. Linux Mint (32-bit) recognizes it without any drivers but it stops downloading/uploading and I have to reconnect to get it to work again.
I tried to find a ...
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2answers
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Why does my USB wireless network adapter disconnect every few seconds?
I don't have experience with drivers and other things. After installing Linux Mint 11 on my machine (I did a dist-upgrade), everything seemed to be great -- I didn't need to install any drivers. After ...
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Connect to Internet using Network Manager in a script or program
I want to connect to Internet using wireless automatically(using a script or program)
Currently,I do the following steps to connect to Internet by wlan:
Select the wlan access point,
Then KDE ...
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Gentoo Gnome 3.2 Wireless “Connecting…”
I recently updated my Gentoo with GNOME 2.x to GNOME 3.2. My NetworkManager applet refuses to connect to my network; however, it does not give an error as it simply hangs as "Connecting..."
I checked ...
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Arch Linux doesn't connect to a wireless network
I'm using Arch Linux on a Thinkpad machine. Everything was satisfactory but today I restarted my router and the machine doesn't connect. The router is fine (another machine and a cell phone connect to ...
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Wireless networking with CentOS
I'm running CentOS 5.7 x86 on my Vostro 1700 laptop which has an Intel Pro Wireless WiFi NIC (Intel Pro Wireless 3945 [iwl3945]).
I'm a bit confused about how my Wireless connection (wlan0) is being ...
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Fedora 15 doesn't find wireless connection
I have Fedora 15 installed on a partition in a Dell laptop. The laptop reports wireless capability in a certain Intel Centrino family, and the drivers for all of these should be in the kernel, ...
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1answer
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How come my rtl8188cus device cannot connect?
I have a Edimax EW-7811Un usb wifi adapter, which uses a Realtek 8188cus chipset internally. I can use wicd to perform a network scan with the adapter, and it lists the networks correctly. But when I ...
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1answer
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Linux Mint 11 won't connect to Windows 7 Wireless Ad Hoc
I apologise if this question has been asked before, but I am not exactly sure what I should be looking for, hence my reason for posting a new question.
I am a newbie to Linux and have been using ...
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Pinguy OS 11.04 WiFi and Wired Networking is not working
I was attempting to install Pinguy OS from a YUMI created USB thumb drive, with the computer wired to my router. The internet, however, was not working. After the install, it still is not working. ...
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1answer
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Automatic internet connection on startup in OpenBSD?
I just installed the OpenBSD in my computer. I am completely new to Unix-like operating systems. I've learned how to connect to my wireless network using the following commands (even though I don't ...
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Resolving Debian wireless issue
I typically dual boot my laptop betwen a Win7 and Ubuntu partition, but keep a spare partition for playing around with new distros. Earlier this week, I decided to try out Debian Squeeze.
For the ...
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Wicd cannot detect wireless networks on Debian 6 testing, Xfce, fresh install
This is on a fresh Debian 6 testing install on my U100Plus MSI Wind netbook, running with Xfce desktop environment.
My laptop's wireless connection works flawlessly in Xubuntu without manual ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 wireless driver not detected
When I run iwconfig I get:
no wireless extensions
How do I get Ubuntu to detect my wireless driver?
Looking at the output from lspci and lsusb, here's the relevant line, from lsusb (so it's a ...
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Access point (with hostapd) on the same interface as the network/gateway?
I wonder if it should be possible to have an wireless access point using hostapd (as described in Set up an access point) on the same interface that connects to a wireless network for internet.
I ...
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WRT160NL wireless problem with OpenWRT 10.03
I flashed a WRT160NL wireless router with OpenWRT 10.03 and configured WEP encryption. I have two 8dbi omni antennas for it (it came with two 5dbi antennas).
However, the wireless signal on the same ...
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How to check if my wireless connection uses AES or TKIP from a terminal?
I have a wireless router that has settings to use AES, TKIP or AES+TKIP encryption for wireless connections.
My Linux-based device does not like AES (it drops out from time to time), my girlfriend's ...
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Wireless troubles with Netgear WNA1100
I have a Netgear WNA1100 Wireless Adapter that I bought a few weeks ago, so its fairly new. Last night it was working perfectly. I turned my computer off for the night, came back in the morning, and ...
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Why is VirtualBox Bridged networking slow
When logged into the guest, data transfer (scp) from the host is very slow (<1MB/s). Is this expected?
setup:
VirtualBox host is Debian Unstable
VirtualBox guest is Debian 6 (Squeeze)
Bridged ...
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BCM4312 802.11b/g under Fedora 14 - suddenly not working
Suddenly "ifconfig -a" doesn't prints out the "wlan0" on my Fedora14 notebook..WHY? (it worked before..)
Infos:
# dmesg | egrep -i "wireless|wifi|broadcom|bcm4312|10:00.0"
[ 0.219841] pci ...
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How to install wireless driver in Fedora 15?
I have tried ndiswrapper 1.56 for fc15... it gives the following error :
$ make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dhinesh/sware/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C ...
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ral0 malfunctioning
OpenBSD 4.9 using a ral card, RT2560
For some strange reason it stopped functioning, ifconfig ral0 shows all the network information and network active, but no real connection. I keep getting DHCP ...
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Linksys wusb600n support on Debian-6
I'm on my way from Windows 7 to Debian 6. The only problem... I'm not sure about my network adapter. Its Linksys wusb600n and without it - no internet access for me.
Does Debian 6 support it?
Will ...
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Asus USB N10 wireless adapter works on Ubuntu but not Fedora
I could make it work in Ubuntu, due to this answer. But the same approach shows no result in Fedora 15 (64 bits).
The device is an Asus USB N10 (wireless-usb converter): Bus 001 Device 003: ID ...
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Pinguy 11.04 wireless not working
I just installed Pinguy OS 11.04 (a derivative of Ubuntu) and I can't seem to get the wireless to work. I've tried everything on this question and a bunch of other stuff. I even reinstalled and that ...
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Wireless Connectivity and Fedora 15 Boot Up
I'm currently running Fedora 15 and recently I've noticed that if I am in an area which does not have a wireless network or a secured wireless network which I cannot automatically connect to, Fedora ...
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Setup WLAN interface on Debian
I am trying to configure wlan on my dockstar. I installed wireless-tools, zd1211-firmware and wpasupplicant.
My /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this:
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
...
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Network fail on FreeBSD: Ping to router fails, but router believes computer is connected
I have a TP-Link TL-WN851N wireless adapter, which is based on an Atheros device. When I attempt to connect to my WPA2 wireless network, ifconfig wlan0 tells me that the connection is 'associated'. My ...
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Сan I configure FreeBSD to use DHCP or a static IP depending on the detected ssid?
I have a FreeBSD 8 machine which can use several wireless access points. I want it to use the first available network and automatically use DHCP or a static address as required (this should be ...
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Set up an access point
I have a laptop with an Atheros card and I want to use it as a wireless access point. I need an AP with WPA/WPA2 encryption for testing purposes; I don't need any routing functionality or anything ...
