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Desktop Completely Freezes When Accessing Wi-Fi Hotspot [closed]

I installed Manjaro 16.10.3 Xfce yesterday and everything was fine. I use a Wi-Fi adapter to create a hotspot from my desktop PC. It worked without any problem. The problem started after the update. ...
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How to connect Arch Linux Guest to Virtual Box Bridged Network (Wireless NIC)

I've tried to install Arch Linux as a VirtualBox VM a couple of days ago. Everything worked like a charm - if there hadn't been that issue that I can't connect to anything when I set the VM to use a ...
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Accessing WiFi from a "Live" Linux DVD

I am stuck with a WINDOWS 8.1 machine -- I don't own it, so I cannot install Linux, either instead of Win or dual-boot. I would like to run within a Linux system; so I have several "Live" DVD's. ...
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Set up rtl8723bs SDIO card

I am trying to set up rtl8723bs SDIO wi-Fi card on 3.17.2 kernel. I've compile and install driver like here. grep -i cfg8 .config CONFIG_CFG80211=y # CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS is not ...
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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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Arch Linux non-critical error on insertion of install disk

I'm trying to install Arch Linux i686 on a 2008 laptop. Upon starting up the machine and booting from the live disk, I get the following three errors: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" ...
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Linux Arch: dhcpcd fails to start wireless srvice though worked before

I have only wireless service on my computer (I cannot physically move it to reach Ethernet). As I start Linux, I see an error message: (I replaced wlp0... with ) [FAILED] Failed to start dhcpcd ...
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Unable to Find WiFi Interface on Arch Linux

I am running Arch on VMWare and I am unable to find a WiFi interface. When I run ip link I get: When I try to ping www.google.com it says that it is an unknown host but when I ping 0.0.0.0 I get a ...
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Share LAN connection over WiFi (Intel PRO/Wireless 4965)

I have laptop Lenovo Thinkpad t61p with Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter that served by iwlegacy (module iwl4965) drivers. I have LAN internet connection that I want to share over ...
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Arch Linux unknown wireless card

I am currently working on an Arch linux build. I am using the 4-1-14 version from a compact disc, which I downloaded from the torrent magnet and verified after burning. I am going to need to use ...
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Arch Linux installation error

I'm trying to install Arch Linux, and have successfully connected to the internet via wifi. I'm also able to ping servers, but when trying to install the base system from pacstrap /mnt base, I'm ...
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Linux Wi-Fi disconnects instantly?

I've gotten NetworkManager installed on Arch, and it seemed to be working. But all of a sudden, when I boot, the Wi-Fi connects for all of 5 seconds, then stops working, then NetworkManager says it's ...
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rfkill unblock all service does not work on ArchLinux

I'm trying to set up my HP EliteBook 2530p with ArchLinux. Everything works except for the wifi card which is hardblocked by default. Typing rfkill unblock all works and unblocks the wifi card until ...
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Two networks, one local, one internet

I am doing some development on a raspberry pi, running arch linux on both the pi and my desktop. After having horrible connection problems with using just wireless (I live in an apartment complex ...
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Installing wireless Broadcom drivers on Arch Linux

So how do I accomplish this last step to this journey? I already installed Xfce even, thanks to Ethernet I was able to. However I still need to figure out the wireless drivers. I've already tried ...
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