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Bad wifi with MacBook Air mid 2012

I have a MacBook Air mid 2012 with i7 CPU. The one with Ivy Bridge. I have connectivity problems with wifi running Arch Linux which I keep updated regularily. Throughput and response time performance ...
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Wireless not working after update (Network Unclaimed)

I just installed backbox3, during the install im asked to connect to wireless, and it works like a charm, but after i update the system and reboot, i loose wireless... "sudo lshw -C network" gives ...
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will tinycore work with S110 wireless adapter?

will tinycore work out of the box with S110 lenovo netbook? Wireless is obviously the first issue to be encountered? can anybody report that it will work out ofthe box? or i will have to spend some ...
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Can't connect to my wireless network though GNOME

I am a complete Linux beginner and I managed to install Archlinux today. But I have no access to my wifi for some reason. I get internet access in my terminal with wifi-menu but gnome tells me that ...
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How can I get Broadcom 4301 to work in Crunchbang Linux?

I've sunk about 6 hours into this and have not made much progress. I've installed Crunchbang, 32-bit, Waldorf on a Dell Inspiron D600. Before I took any steps, the network manager told me ...
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Connection with hostapd stops working after 10 minutes

I have installed hostapd as package for Ubuntu 12.04. Everything is configured and works great for about 10 minutes; after that, packets start to get dropped and eventually I can't even connect. ...
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Can anyone tell me how to install broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch.rpm?

[root@localhost opt]# rpm -ivh wl-kmod-5.10.91.9.3-3.fc12.6.src.rpm warning: wl-kmod-5.10.91.9.3-3.fc12.6.src.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID a3a882c1 1:wl-kmod ...
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wlan is first brought to life when ethernet is plugged in

Endless timeouts... Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Reply from 192.168.1.11: bytes=32 time=105ms TTL=64 ...
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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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Compatible Wireless Router? [closed]

I'm looking for a wireless router for personal use. I have a small apartment and need the router primarily for my android phone connection. I might need it for streaming video as well. I'm running ...
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Can I run hostapd in a virtual machine hosted in a windows system?

I would like to know if it is possible to run any linux/unix distribution with hostapd in a virtualized environment. My idea is to host a small virtual machine, which will use my Windows Host ...
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Spotty wireless with Fedora

I have this Toshiba laptop I started poking around trying to find out why it quits out so often and is just so bad. This guy seems to have the same problem with the fact that it works perfect in ...
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What could be the possible reasons for bad performance of TCP over Wireless or Sate-lite networks ?

I am running a wireless network having Linux(fedora 17) at sender end.We decided TCP_veno is most useful for my network,so we are using it as default congestion control algorithm.Still, We are not ...
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brcmsmac does not work

I am attempting to enable my wireless interface in Slax Linux, so far, I know the driver I need is brcmsmac, since I have a broadcom card; and this work in Slackware. The driver is available and does ...
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What are the other congestion control algorithms specially designed for lossy Wireless Networks like LTE and WiMax?

I am trying different congestion control algorithms for getting maximum throughput and minimum delay across my setup for TCP flow.Please suggest other available algorithms apart from Veno, ...
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Linksys AE3000 install on linux

I bought a Linksys AE3000 wireless adapter hoping I could use it on my Ubuntu 12.04 box. I found a website that walked through using it, but it didn't work. I edited rtusb_dev_id.c to add: and then ...
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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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How do I disable wireless on Mint 14?

This got closed on AskUbuntu because it wasn't Ubuntu enough for them. I don't have any WLAN connections set up, and I always connect via Ethernet cable. However my computer has a small light on it ...
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Wireless on my Dell Latitude E5320 doesn't work on Ubuntu but works on Linux Mint. What can I do to make it work?

I have dualboot Ubuntu 12.10 & Linux Mint 14, both are clean install & updated with the latest. My wireless works flawlessly on Linux Mint but it's very unreliable on Ubuntu: every 15~20 ...
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How do I get my Virgin Media wireless internet to work on Crunchbang linux?

I am struggling to get my internet to work on Linux. I am able to connect to my wireless internet through any other device I choose but my laptop will not find it. I have tried using the hidden ...
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Changes made to ifcfg-wlan0 doesn't seem to make a difference

I am running RHEL6 on my laptop. The wireless adapter configuration file ifcfg-wlan0 didn't come by default under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. So I created it myself. The problem is, whatever ...
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Errors while installing broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch

I have Fedora 12 on a Dell Vostro laptop. broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch.rpm cannot be installed. I'm getting this error: Error: Package: broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch ...
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Wireless connection connecting and disconnecting all the time

I am running Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop and I use a 3G USB modem for my Internet connection. I wanted to share this Internet connection with my girlfriend's laptop that is running Window XP. ...
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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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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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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 install and build “iw” for android 4.1? [closed]

i need to install iw wireless packages on android 4.1 device. but i don't know how and what is the require version of the packages to install !! also is it need linux platform to do this or it is ...

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