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I keep showing a "Hidden Network" in a rural area. I am not the one broadcasting it...that I know of. What is causing it?

I have an old Netgear WND router with the 5GHz radio DISABLED and the 2.4GHz broadcasting its SSID, which shows up along with a "Hidden Network". I have ONE neighbor that is about 50 yards away and I ...
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DD-WRT bridging mode

I have my Ubuntu Server, providing internet to home LAN. I want to connect DD-WRT router to my server in bridging mode, so wireless devices can get IP from server. Basically I want DD-WRT router to ...
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Extend network with a router as AP or with dhcp disabled

I have a modem/router on 1st floor from the provider and I want to extend my network on 2nd floor. I have Ethernet cable from 1st floor to 2nd floor. What is the best way to do it? I have a router ...
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Lan - Wan Cascaded Router, no internet on Wan on secondary router

I configured a Lan-Wan cascaded router at my place, but the wifi on Router 2 as no internet access for some reason. So, I can access internet fine from a wired device which connects to router 2. i.e. ...
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What is causing the regular 10 second oscillation of my WIFI speeds (internally inside my network)?

I have been trying to get the optimal setup for wireless VR and as a result found this issue with my network setup. For some odd reason I get this EXACT 10 second oscillation where the speed jumps up ...
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Router not automatically connecting to Internet via PPPoE

I'm having a D-Link Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router connected to a cable modem using a network cable. The ISP connection is coming via an Optical fiber cable. The problem is that the router is not ...
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TP Link Deco Router gets killed when Mac Mini is powered on

I'm facing a issue for quite a few months now, My internet connection gets killed when I supposedly turn on my Mac Mini/ Windows 11 Dell Laptop. I verified that my ISP isn't failing by checking the ...
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How to configure LAN port 1 to work as a WAN port in my wireless router?

I am using TP-LINK WR340G wireless router. It has 1 WAN port and 4 LAN ports. Recently I noticed that my WAN port is not working properly. I am planning to configure the router. I want the LAN port 1 ...
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Newly connected devices within the same router cannot connect to other devices that were already connected

I have a media server setup running on a ubuntu 24.04 server. I am using a netlink gpon router as a router to connect to the internet as well as connect my devices to the server using wlan. The ...
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Connect Network traffic to my garage over a wireless bridge

I have a router (Netgear Orbi) with a 192.168.1.x subnet. I have a wireless Bridge (Trendnet) between my house and my Garage. The bridge is on a 192.168.10.x subnet. In the garage is another wireless ...
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1 answer
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Behavior of LAN ports on Asus RT-N56U in Access Point mode

I currently have an Asus RT-N56U WiFi router used to serve a combination of wired and wireless devices in my house. To take advantage of some recently installed ethernet lines,I need to move the ...
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No internet access on guest SSID on Netgear WNR2000 router

I have a WNR2000v2 Netgear router that I want to put on our company's network. My boss wanted me to set up two SSIDs, one is for guests and the other is for employees. He wanted the guest wireless ...
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1 answer
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D-Link 2640u Router unfortunately update wrong firmware

I have this Dink router: DSL-2640U HW Veer: C2 FW Veer: ME_2.01 I had tried to update firmware to this Indian firmware but it was not compatible with my modem (it's for C4 version). I've seen a ...
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1 answer
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sending packet with scapy custom ethernet header

Why sending packet with different ethernet source Mac address never reach target? Note: I used scapy sendp for sending the packet and I have my friends laptop up and connected to network?
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Connecting WAN and LAN ports of the same wireless router

I live in a flat where Fibre to the Home (FTTH) is used for Internet access. The wireless router is positioned away from the FTTH modem to optimize coverage and connected by a single twisted pair ...

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