Questions tagged [wifi-configuration]
Information on how to set up (configure) a wi-fi (wireless fidelity) network.
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Why do WiFi routers do such a bad job of channel selection?
Wi-Fi congestion, especially in the 2.4GHz range, is a serious problem in some areas. It is widespread enough that there are many guides to choosing a less congested channel. E.g. https://www....
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Why would the Wi-Fi connection on my smartphone perform better than the same connection on my laptop?
The download speeds while connected on Wi-Fi to the same router—an ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router—seems to be significantly faster on my phone than on my laptop. This problem doesn’t occur all the ...
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi issue: "Can't connect to this network"
A little background - I have a Lenovo G50 which was running Windows 8.1 up until a few months back. Then came along the free upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft updated the laptop OS to Windows&...
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Windows 10 Wifi Sets Wrong DNS Server When Connecting to Wifi Networks
Somehow my Windows 10 laptop stopped getting the correct DNS servers sent from Wifi networks. It somehow locked 192.168.1.1 and won't accept whatever DNS IP comes from DHCP. I have no idea how/why, ...
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Is hiding your Wi-Fi SSID without password secure?
Is hiding your Wi-Fi SSID and setting it without a password as secure as when your SSID shown with a password on a technical level?
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What happens if two networks have the same SSID and password?
Related to this question: What happens if 2 wifi networks (run by different people) have the same SSID?
BUT in my case both WiFi have the same password.
I have two cases to consider:
If they are ...
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Can a Windows 10 Machine that has both an Ethernet NIC and a Wi-Fi NIC get Internet via Wi-Fi, and Provide it to Another Device via Ethernet?
When having a Windows 10 computer that has both:
Ethernet NIC
Wi-Fi NIC
Can this machine be connected to a WLAN via the WNIC,
and then provide the internet to another device via Ethernet?
If yes, ...
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Missing Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter while setting up WiFi hotspot in Windows 10
I've recently upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.
I'm using my computer as a WiFi hotspot, and I can't get that to work in Windows 10.
First, I'm setting up the network:
netsh wlan set ...
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Mystery WiFi network shows up when laptop is connected
When my laptop, a Dell XPS 15 (9530), is connected to my WiFi network, a new network with the SSID "DIRECT-IE[laptop name]msSP", where "[laptop name]" is replaced with the name of the computer.
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How do I use my dual band Wi-Fi card to connect to 5GHz and 2.4GHz simultaneously on Windows?
I have an Intel Wireless-AC 7260HMW Wi-Fi card, and a dual band Wi-Fi AP. I can see both the 5GHz and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi access points as separate entries in the list of Wi-Fi access points to connect to. ...
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How to get the MAC Address and signal strength of nearby wireless devices?
Is there a way to get the MAC Address and signal strength of nearby wireless devices from something like a phone or a laptop, or by using an access-point?
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Wi-Fi opt-out Microsoft & Google
So if I want to opt out Google's WiFi Assistant I have to add
_nomap
to my SSID.
If I want to opt out from Microsoft's WiFi Sense I have to add
_optout
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What if I want to opt out both?...
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Disable Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter Permanantly
Is there a simple and permanent way to disable the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter permanently.
I believe this device may be the source of some wifi problems my users have been having.
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Wi-fi turns off when USB device is plugged in
I am having the problem that most times that I plug in a USB device, my wi-fi in the Asus Zenbook UX31E will turn off (not disconnect, but turn off with the red x over the wireless icon in the task ...
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Connecting to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi connection every time
The Wi-Fi connection I currently connect to has both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands on the same Wi-Fi connection (not separate names).
My Windows 10 laptop can make a connection to either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. ...
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How do I stop rfkill module from hardblocking my wifi, without rfkill command?
I went into my BIOS the other day, didn't change anything, and rebooted. After this, my wifi was hardblocked. I looked online for solutions, and learned of the rfkill command. But I get
rfkill: ...
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Remove the "2" after the SSID on Windows 8.0
I am using Windows 8.0. When I am connected to my wireless router, I see "[SSID] 2" when I hover over the network icon in the desktop tray. I have used netsh wlan delete profile name="[SSID]" to no ...
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Multiple access points / Switching issues
I've got 2 wifi access points at both ends of my flat. So I got wifi in the whole flat. One of those access points is a router (TP-Link WR1043 v2) while the other one is just an access point (TP-Link ...
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Understanding the output of the 'iw reg get' command
If I run the command iw reg get in my system (Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS, kernel 4.13, iw version 3.17), I get the following output:
country PT: DFS-ETSI
(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
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Raspberry pi wpa_supplicant can't connect on a specific wifi. CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT status_code = 16
I'm having trouble connecting to a specific wifi using raspberry pi. Here is the output when I check /var/log/syslog:
Jun 19 09:44:52 raspberrypi wpa_supplicant[447]: wlan0: Trying to associate with ...
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How to stop Windows 7 from automatically connecting to unsecure wifi network
One of my neighbors has an unsecure wifi network called WLAN. At one point in the past, I accidentally connected to it, and disconnected immediately when I noticed. Now, when I open my laptop at ...
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How to forget wireless networks from command line?
Using the command line on Debian, how can make the system forget the wireless networks I previously connected to?
Thanks.
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WiFi QR Code format for WPA2/WPA3
I'm creating a new QR code for my WiFi guest network and with my new router it supports WPA2/WPA3 Personal (AES).
I've tried multiple iterations of the auto-configuration format (which I can't find ...
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How does OS X decide between Ethernet and Wifi for Internet access
When both are connected does it always use Ethernet or does it monitor both and use the most reliable or fastest one?
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi too slow on Bootcamp after update
My MacBook Pro 2016 Touchbar had Windows 10 installed using Boot Camp. But in the same WiFi, macOS has 3 Mbps speed. While in Windows, the speed is lower than 10 Kbps... and it has a lot of timeout ...
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RTL8188CUS AP and Client mode simultaneously with hostapd in Linux?
I'm trying to figure out how to set up my RTL8188CUS Wifi dongle to run in both AP and Client mode at the same time.
How can I do this in Linux?
I have hostapd running fine and I remember reading ...
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How to connect Epson L355 printer to Wi-Fi network without WPS?
We have Epson L355 printer and our router has disabled WPS. We checked all manuals, youtube videos etc. Everything is about connecting with WPS.
How do we connect this printer to our Wi-Fi network ...
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Windows 10 "Not connected - Connections are available" and "Limited" yellow warning but Working internet connection
After upgrading my dell xps 13 (2015 model) from win8.1 to win10 all worked fine really fast top notch combination, untill after a week it now shows a yellow triangle warning icon on to of the wifi ...
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How can I keep my Firestick from slowing Wifi with its own SSID?
My Amazon Firestick is producing its own Wifi network that interferes with my router, bringing speeds (fast.com) to 3 Mbps when connected, compared to 10 Mbps when disconnected. (On a nominal 100 ...
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Can WiFi repeaters cause interference?
I have a old Linksys router the I converted into a repeater using dd-wrt firmware. Its been running great but I'm just curious is it possible that it could be interfering with the main router?
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Save wifi networks and passwords to recover them after reinstall OS
I want to change my linux distribution, how can I save all my known wifi networks and passwords so that I can restore them after installing a new OS.
I want to switch from PopOs with gnome to Manjaro ...
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Sign-In to Network protocol
When I connect to a hotel network that does not require a WPA key, on my PC, the first browser access will be trapped and directed to the login page. This is understandable, and I can guess the ...
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Can I create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 11?
I have a program called TotalMix on my Windows 11 laptop, and an iPad app called TotalMix Remote connects to it on a specified IP address and port number.
This works when both devices are on my home ...
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Block WiFi Access Point by MAC address on DD-WRT using client mode WAN connection
My router's WAN connection is configured to connect to a subscription based public WiFi network. I am effectively, extending a public WiFi network.
I've determined the public network has three ...
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Windows 10 does not detect Wi-Fi as metered connection
I want Windows Wi-Fi client to detect wireless connection as metered connection.
I found that 802.11 protocol supports vendor-specific information elements (IEs). Those IEs are injected into beacon ...
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How to reach my router's configuration page?
I've set up a router in my room (It's a TP-LINK W8980). I'm inside a college room, so I connected the WAN to the ethernet ports of my room, and the router is creating a wifi network. It's using PPPoE ...
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Windows does not remember hidden network
Every time I loose connection to my wifi, which is hidden, windows 8 forgets the connection and I have to enter in the data(SSID and pass). It's very annoying as the password is rather long and case ...
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Display Wi-Fi only to selected devices
I want to display my Wi-Fi network only to a couple of devices and make it such that none of the other devices could find out while searching it.
How can I do that?
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Different ssid on the same channel
My friend's home wifi network was set up by the service provider, and I noticed that the (single) router is broadcasting 3 SSIDs.
One of them is 5 Ghz, but the other two is 2.4 Ghz and on the same ...
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What does "lmui" mean?
I enabled an option "block lmui from wifi" on my wifi dashboard and since then, I have not been able to access my dashboard. Now, whenever I enter the IP address I used to use to login into the ...
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Debian wlan0 interface not found
I have troubles to configure my wireless card in Debian Wheezy. I followed the instruction from: https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
It is a fresh debian install, before this i ran Ubuntu but because I ...
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Transferring files through wifi
I have an android phone and a laptop (windows 8 Pro). Can I transfer files through wi-fi (not bluetooth), if yes, how ? And what are the steps for sharing files between to laptops through wi-fi ?
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Dual Band AP - Can I put the same SSID on 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz?
I'm extending my home network with a new AP that I'll place in a place where the main wifi router signal is not available, connected via LAN (Cat6).
I've read elsewhere about using the same SSID and ...
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If I disable the 5GHz radio on my router will it improve my 2.4GHz performance or range?
I have an ASUS RT-AC53 dual-band router having 3 antennas. Currently, it is emitting both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi radios.
I am just curious if I disable the 5GHz radio will it anyway improve the ...
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Wi-Fi hand off between access points?
I have a long house, and must use two wireless access points to get full coverage. I also have terrible cell coverage so I often use Wi-Fi calling on my android phone to accommodate. However, when I ...
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Can I use my Wi-Fi router to connect my desktop to a Wi-Fi Internet?
I am using windows 8.1 and a TP-Link TL-WR720N Wi-Fi Router .
I was using Internet from broadband to my desktop and my laptop with this router (wired connection in desktop and wireless connection in ...
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Sailboat Networking
Greetings and thank you for reading this.
My current project is stretching my boundaries a little further than I expected, so I am hoping other minds can help bridge the gaps in my knowledge.
The ...
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Is it possible to transfer wifi settings from an android device to windows?
I have the information from a few wifi networks saved on an android device, is there any way to move this data over to windows 8.1? I have exported the .txt file from android that contains the ...
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how to make a wifi hotspot from mac when it is connected to wifi
I need to make a wifi hotspot from my mac when it is connected to the home wifi . I need to give wifi to few temporary people without giving my home wifi password. So I need to create a wifi hotspot ...
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Wifi signal goes low while connecting to my WiFi Hostspot?
I run a WiFi hotspot from my Windows 8.1 PC (Windows 10 Technical preview from last few days). When I try to connect from my android, the signal strength goes low and then results in authentication ...
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