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Raspberry Pi won't bring up wlanX interface - multiple wireless interfaces
Let me jump straight in.
I am using a raspberry pi 3 running latest version of raspbian (pixel) as a router/wifi hotspot
I have 3 wireless interfaces:
built in wifi interface (brcmfmac)
TP-Link ...
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USB Wireless Adapter recognized by `lsusb` but not by `ifconfig` on Linux
I am experiencing some issues with an Wireless Adapter. Long story short:
I have a USB Wireless Adapter: AWUS036ACH (chipset: RTL8812AU)
drivers are up to date: (i.e., apt-get install realtek-...
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Default gateway disappears from routing table
I use NetworkManager (Arch Linux) on my laptop in order to connect to wireless networks. I use the official GNOME GUI. Everything works fine, but after half an hour or so the network is still ...
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Linux network manager getting two ip addresses instead of one
I have a problem that when I connect to network using NetworkManager in Linux (doesn't happen when using wpa_supplicant but I don't like it) it gets two IPv4 addresses that show up as for example 192....
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wpa_supplicant disconnects with reason=3 on connection
I am using a raspberry pi 4 to connect to my college network (so using WPA-Enterprise using PEAP) using wpa_supplicant
when I run the command,
sudo wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant....
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libnl takes time to see a disconnected client
I am working on an embedded device, with a custom OS (Yocto on iMX6).
The device use hostapd to create a WLAN.
I use libnl to list the connected WiFi clients, my code is based on iw to get the ...
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IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
We have a problem with part of our devices which are using ppp to connect to the internet using 3G modem in US. The issue seems really odd as only few of the devices have this problem but it is a ...
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Linux not preferring ipv6 on dhcpv6 network
On my home network, I'm using a (Raspbian) Raspberry Pi as a wifi router with hostapd, isc-dhcp-server, radvd, pihole, and dnscrypt-proxy installed. I do not use dhcpcd, I use dhclient. As I only get ...
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WLAN media streaming mode for Linux to stop ping spikes?
After hours of trying to fix my router ping spike problem I found a thread on Tom's Hardware. Last answers directed me to this Windows program called WLAN Optimizer:
http://www.martin-majowski.de/...
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Using iw to add a virtual wireless interface, getting the error “No such device (-19)”
I need to add a virtual wireless interface to my NXP embedded linux system using iw.
I have loaded Broadcom's driver and brought up wlan0. I can connect to networks with the wifi SDIO adapter just ...
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WiFi dropping with realtek card on Linux Mint
I'm on a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.2. Since I've installed I've noticed my WiFi connection drops but doesn't disconnect. The WiFi works fine on Windows. I'm unable to ping any server or load any ...
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How to automate running the dhclient for wwan0?
in Linux Mint 17 I have to run sudo dhclient every time I connect and disconnect to/from the Internet using a mobile broadband dongle, because otherwise the connection is declared active but when I ...
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"GSM only" mode in modem settings in tomato router
I use Shibby tomato firmware in ASUS-N66U. I use the "3G modem" option in it for WAN. it was working fine till now with my SIM's 3G data plan.
I would like to use only 2G data from now, is there any ...
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Linux WiFi connection disconnected due to inactivity
Recently my WiFi connection keeps disconnected/connected like in a loop several times a day while i'm actively working.
I tried a lot of options:
Contacted support team for my router's brand. They ...
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CentOS not finding wifi adapter
I installed CentOS on a Lenovo yoga laptop a few days ago, but I cannot get the wifi to work. I've tried lots of things following suggestions from replies to several questions on different sites. ...