Unanswered Questions
12,348 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Command prompt uses 4x6 font for non-1 sessions, 8x12 unavailable
I have a proble with Windows 8. If the current user session isn’t the first session started after a cold boot (basically meaning a restart in Windows 8), the console windows use very tiny 4x6 terminal ...
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Remote Desktop via Ad-Hoc on Windows 7
Is there a way to connect two PCs running Windows 7 via a wifi ad-hoc network and then use Remote Desktop from one of the PCs to the other? In addition to this the Remote Desktop host PC should still ...
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How may I get a list of all groups I belong to in Skype
For Group (conversations) that are not in my Contacts, how would I get a list of them in Skype? The only way that I've seen so far to know which of these conversations I'm in, is when someone types a ...
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How do I enable UPnP support in Windows 7?
Is there a checklist for enabling UPnP in Windows 7?
I am on a home network with Network Discovery enabled in Network and Sharing Center, UPnP is enabled on my router, SSDP Discovery and UPnP Device ...
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How to get my Linux Wi-Fi to reliably roam from AP to AP
I'm trying to get my Linux to reliably roam from AP to AP. Right now I'm using iwlwifi - iwd - NetworkManager combo to manage everything and apart from roaming everything works reasonably well and I'm ...
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Kali Linux: Device won't switch Wi-Fi region
I have been using Linux for a while now, but I recently installed Linux on my old Windows laptop.
I live in Germany, which uses the WiFi channels 1-13.
However, iw phy only shows channels 1-11 to be ...
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How packets are delivered from server to local network?
I am new to networking and am trying to understand how packets are routed on the way back from the server. I learned that when packets go out from the local network, the source address is translated ...
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Italics issue while trying to host/join a room in Gameranger
Okay so I use this software called Gameranger to play my game Age of Empires (conqueror's expansion) and usually , there is this issue that happens. If your name appears in italic while you're in a ...
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How to enable UPnP/NAT-PMP in a setup with cascaded routers
I have a network setup with two cascaded routers (no double-NAT) and I want to enable UPnP/NAT-PMP on all subnets.
Setup:
<Internet>--<Router 1>+--<Router 2>+--<Subnet 1>--&...
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Advertise to clients of Wifi router that the WiFi internet connection is metered
Is it possible to have a Wifi router advertise that the Wifi is connected to internet over a metered connection (over a 4G usb dongle)?
I know it's possible on client to set that the connection is ...
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Internet connection drops every 10 minutes (exactly)
Since I've moved to a new apartment a few months ago and changed my I ISP (the one shared with other apartments in building - same router) I experience internet drops (ethernet) every ten minutes, ...
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Why is mac process "Wi-Fi" using 500mb of RAM?
Thanks to this question, I now understand the existence of the "Wi-Fi" process running in the background on my mac.
But why does it require 500+ MB of RAM when neither the menu item nor any dialogues ...
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How can I set up shortlink domain resolution on my home router or within an OS or browser?
I work at a large multinational internet firm and internally we have shortlinks that resolve unqualified or partially-qualified domain names into the full domain name as well as allow custom ...
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TP-Link powerline adapter causing extreme latency on primary network? Wired devices on Fios router, not connected to powerline adapter, are affected
To preface, I am not a networking guy but work in IT. I'm going to bullet point the situation so it's easier to digest. Here is a little diagram I created in paint to give a visual aid.
I pay for ...
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What are these strange randomised packets seen on wifi interface?
What are these strange packets ? On Alpine Linux, hostapd.
I'm Configuring an AP, watching tcpdump, then these things come along:
<pi2b># tcpdump -epfi any not tcp or 'tcp[tcpflags] & (tcp-...
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