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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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Configure OpenWRT as repeater
At home I'd like to configure one of my wifi routers to serve as a WI-FI signal extender. Since my main router is OpenWrt-based (Backfire 10.1.3), I'd like to use it for that purpose.
I've looked ...
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Virtual Wireless Access Point
Basically, I want to be able to connect to a wireless network from my laptop. Then, I want my virtual machine to acquire internet access via a bridged connection from ETH0 of the VM to the host’s ...
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BackTrack USB Wireless adapter drivers issue
I purchased USB Wireless adapter which runs smoothly on Windows and Ubuntu, but in BackTrack it showing me Bad password issue. From my reading I guess it's driver issue which BackTrack Kernel don't ...
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Kubuntu doesn't reconnect to Wifi after waking up from sleep
I just installed Kubuntu on my laptop and it's working fine so far, except the wireless connection is not switched on after waking up from sleep. I do have to click "Enable wireless" so that it ...
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Installing wireless driver (realtek 8188CE) on Debian wheezy
I had a hard time installing the wireless driver for my debian. My debian was Sqeeze but soon after I realized Wheezy was the one to support my wireless adapter, realtek 8188CE,I upgraded to wheezy. ...
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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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Debian - enable broadcom wireless controller
Ok, this is driving me crazy. I'm setting up an old Dell Precision M60 notebook, and I can't manage to enable support for its wireless device on debian squeeze.
What I tried:
lspci | grep -i ...
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How to use a D-Link usb network adapter on debian
I have a Debian (squeeze) desktop, and I need to use a D-Link 150 USB Wireless Network Adapter. So far I've done this:
$ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 2001:3c18 D-Link Corp.
...
After looking ...
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Broadcom wireless card in with Fedora 16
I just installed Fedora as a dual-boot (other OS in Win7) on my Dell Inspiron 1750 and, of course, the wireless card is missing firmware.
The wireless card is called Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN ...
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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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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 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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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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Installing USR 5422 on Ubuntu 12.04
I am a newbie to Linux. I was trying to set up the USR5422 USB adapter. It worked fine for the first time, but since then it freezes the computer most of the time. What commands can I fire to see ...
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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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Why is Gnome Shell sending data over my wireless network?
I have been checking which processes under my Fedora Linux 18 are using my upload bandwidth and I occasionally see that Gnome Shell is one of them. Why should it be sending data over my wireless ...
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/proc/net/wireless does not show values unless run as root
cat /proc/net/wireless does not show statistics for wireless devices unless it is run as root, even though the permissions on the file are 444. The same seems to apply when accessing statistics via ...
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WiFi not working - wlan0 FAILED
My Arch (3.6.5-1) is exhibiting a rather peculiar problem: when wifi is set up, all logs indicate that the setup was successful and that the interface is up and functional. However, when attempting to ...
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Can I configure specified PEAP in network-manager
Here's the wpa_supplicant.conf file:
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="<SSID Name>"
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=CCMP
group=CCMP
eap=PEAP
phase1="peaplabel=0"
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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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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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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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TP-Link TL-WR1043ND as dumb access point
I followed these instructions on how to set up my TP-Link TL-WR1043ND as a dumb AP:
Flashed brand new Attitude Adjustment 12.09-rc1
Logged into LuCI, set up a password
Disabled and stopped firewall ...
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RT3290 Wireless still not working
I've been trying to get my wireless working for two weeks now. I have 1814:3290 wireless card. I am on Linux Mint 14 64-bit. I have tried all the suggestion on here:
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How to load kernel module in Chromium OS?
I've installed the Chromium Vanilla by Hexxeh to a USB drive, but I can't use it on my computer because it lacks the carl9170 driver, which is needed by my adapter (a D-Link DWA-160.)
I've managed to ...
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Network Manager don't show me Wireless connection
I've just installed on my Debian Sid with XFCE4 network manager, but I have a problem, no wireless connection are shown. What Should I do?
I used to use wicd but I had problems to connect to free ...
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Archbang can't connect to wireless
Last week I tried Crunchbang 11, it couldn't connect to wireless. Yesterday I removed it and installed Archbang from CD (final 2012 version). Everything was working perfectly, when I did pacman -Syu ...
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Wireless doesn't connect automatically in Ubuntu when connection is established with wifi Router Again
I am facing a problem here with Ubuntu version 10.4 I am working with. I am having a wifi router and when I start my system, Ubuntu connects to wifi automatically. But if due to some reasons the ...
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Why can't I find wireless-tools in Debian repositories?
I have installed the squeeze version of Debian on a computer in offline mode (no internet connection during installation).
After the installation (that was successful) I edited /etc/apt/sources.list ...
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Wireless Ad Hoc NAT
I got "OURLiNK 802.11n" mini USB wifi adapter for my Raspberry Pi, but I also would like to use it w/ my Scientific Linux 6.1
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Scientific Linux release 6.1 (Carbon)
$
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Wireless issues with Linux Mint on Macbook Pro
I installed Linux Mint 13 (Maya) on my Macbook Pro using rEFIt, and ran through the instructions here to get wireless working. Now I can see a bunch of different networks, but I almost always fail to ...
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RT2800USB wireless adapter stops scanning
I have a Linux machine, and I'll switch between using an RTL8187 based card, and a RT2800USB based card (the cards are both USB dongles by the same manufacturer).
I've loaded the drivers for both ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 ...
