Questions tagged [wifi]
Wireless local area networking, also known as "Wireless Internet"; stands for "WIreless FIdelity"
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Allow every new AirPort network password access for my application
I made a CLI wifi that generates a QR-Code of the current wifi to connect with other devices. This CLI uses the next command:
security find-generic-password -a "$NETWORK" -D 'AirPort network ...
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WiFi Advanced Settings replacement command for airport
Previously you could use the the airport prefs command to edit things like RequireAdminNetworkChange and RequireAdminPowerToggle (WiFi > Advanced > Require administrator authorisation to change ...
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Can I use my iPhone as a modem with a TP-Link extender?
I want to use my iPhone as a modem with my TP-Link RE705X Range Extender/Access Point. Can I connect my iPhone to the RE705X's Ethernet port using a USB-C to Ethernet adapter? or even Wi-Fi.
My goal ...
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On macOS, how can I tell whether the WiFi network I'm connected to has both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels?
I'm connected to a WiFi network. When I hold Option and click the WiFi icon in the menu bar, it says that I'm connected to the 5 GHz band:
How can I check whether this WiFi router also supports the 2....
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How can I disable the wifi driver on an Intel Mac running Sonoma?
I need to use my Mac for an open-book exam. This does not allow internet access. I would like to know a way to permanently disable the wifi driver on Intel Mac running the latest OS (Sonoma).
Disable ...
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MacBook Pro Monterey keeps dropping Android Hotspot WiFi
UPDATE: I changed wifi frequency to 5Gh in Android, it seems like it's working now.
I have recurrent problem - sometimes it works fine for hours. But sometimes it starts dropping Android HotSpot WiFi ...
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iPhone connected to hotspot on another device, does it treat it as wifi or data?
I found similar questions but none of them answers whether the connected device treats the hotspot as wifi or data. Meaning that when one can, say, limit app updates to wifi only, does it apply to ...
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Can't connect to a specific Wi-Fi with error : unsupported get ioctl on awdl0
I'm trying to connect to a mixed 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi. When trying to connect with the right password, my Mac is asking me to type the password again. By checking the logs, I was able to find what ...
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MBPro 2014 big latency, packet loss, ping spikes on Big Sur
One of a sudden encounter with laggy internet, as follows:
ping of 1.1.1.1 rised from 12 to 120, with connection speed go down
some packet loss, and
ping spikes from time to time.
To check if it is ...
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Boot iPXE on macbook pro using BSDP
I've recently acquired a second-hand macbook pro from 2013 with a wiped disk, and wish to make it useful.
While I understand the recommendations are to either use the internet Recovery system to ...
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How do you change the channel of your wireless interface via CLI?
I am trying to manually change the channel of my M1 Macbook Air's wifi interface en0 from the command line. I understand this was previously possible using the airport CLI utility, but that's now ...
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Why App Store & macOS updates downloads are so slow in macOS Sonoma?
I have a 1000/300 Mbps fibre connection.
On my 2023-Nov 16" M3 Max MacBook Pro (which has Wi-Fi 6E), I have been experiencing slow download speeds exclusively from the Mac App Store and when ...
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Network Issue: Cellular Network Persistent until being super close to gateway, Messaging Apps Stuck on 'Connecting, connection super slow
Recently, I've noticed that whenever I connect my IPhone 6, software version is 12.5.6, to Wi-Fi, the cellular network connection icon appears at the top of my screen instead of the Wi-Fi symbol ...
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Using WiFi and Ethernet for same LAN at the same time, resolver issue
MacBook Pro M3 max, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1
Connected to a LAN with Wifi using DHCP. I have also a dock with 10G ethernet card connected to 10G switch on the same LAN using DHCP. There are also some other ...
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Connecting iPhone to both WiFi network and 4G/5G simultaneously?
Someone asked some time ago and I cannot believe it is not sorted: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254808545?sortBy=best
My use case:
WiFi at home
5G in the garden
But as I walk around the ...
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