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Can someone discover my computer by driving by?
Someone broke in to my home in New York and stole My MacBook Pro and iPhone 5 this weekend. They left other things like my android phone and iPad. It seems they were specifically targeting the Mac.
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How to troubleshoot DHCP problems?
This question was originally titled "How to gather information about suspicious wireless access point?" but then this topic has been moved to another question, leaving here discussion of connection ...
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Getting ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED in Chromium with both Wifi and Ethernet connected on macOS
I have both Wifi and Ethernet connected on my Macbook Pro M1 Max (macOS Sonoma). Ethernet is higher in the service order list, so the OS should use that at all times. And for the most part it does.
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Mac OS X "Verify Certificate" every time connecting to secure wireless
Every time connecting to the secure wireless, Macs are getting a prompt to verify the certificate:
Verify Certificate
Authenticating to network "Network-Name"
Before authenticating to ...
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Mysterious shared server with same name appearing / disappearing
I have a mysterious and somewhat suspicious occurrence on my OSX Snow Leopard. Every now & then I get a shared network entry appear in the finder, and then disappear after say 5 minutes. The name ...
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Could you help me to understand netstat output?
I am trying to figure out how to get IP of a suspicious access point I am using to access the internet. Running netstat, I get the following:
$ netstat -rn
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination ...
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Can I prefer different WiFi networks based on location? MacOS / OSX
So MacOS / OSX has a nice "Network Location feature" that seems to be able to switch between different IP settings, etc, easily. But what I want to achieve is that when I've set "work" location, ...
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El capitan unable to reach internet via wifi sometimes
Since yesterday (when my internet provider had some maintenance) my mac book pro (el capitan 10.11.4) has some problems with the Wifi, here's an extract of me pinging google.com via wifi:
Request ...
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Unable to connect to 5GHz WiFi on Ubuntu
I'm trying to connect my machine to a 5GHz WiFi but I can't seem to do this on Ubuntu. I have a dual boot system on my machine, with OSX as the other OS, and on that, I'm able to connect and use on ...
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Macbook Air WIFI not working after wake up
I have a late 2010 13" Macbook Air and I have problems turning Wi-Fi on when I wake the computer up.
I keep my laptop connected to power, an external screen and a USB ethernet adapter at home and ...
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All incoming connections are blocked on OS X
Something is blocking on incoming connections on my Mac and I can't figure out what it is.
Firewall is turned off, anti virus is turned off.
As a simple test, I'm executing:
shai@Macbook Downloads $ ...
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Two OSX Computers in Physical Proximity: Options?
I have two macs right next to each other. They are both on the same network and I can see both of them with a KVM switch and VNC (when the KVM is too annoying). However, I'd like a faster network ...
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Why can’t I see my Macs on LAN under “Network”?
EMBARRASSING UPDATE:
I rebooted my laptop and it solved the problem. D'oh! Thanks for your thoughtful answers.
I’m using OS X 10.10.2 (14C109). I’m not sure when this changed, but certainly a ...
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Cannot copy large files between a Mac and a PC over WiFi
I have a 17" MacBook Pro (Late 2011 model). Whenever I copy a large file between them (> 1GB), the transfer stalls or fails outright after the 1st gig or so. It doesn't matter if the file is on the ...
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Two Browsers, Two Internet Connections, 1 Computer
My mac computer is connected to my corporate network via a LAN connection. When the Mac is disconnected I can connect to our corporate wireless. The wireless is more open than the LAN connection. ...
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