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How to determine what type of wifi networks are supported by your driver on Linux
On Linux (specificially Ubuntu) what's the easiest way to determine what types of Wifi protocols your hardware and driver support?
I have a router running DD-WRT that supports broadcasting in both a ...
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Bonding two wifi adapters
I saw a network once that used bonding (some people called it "port trunking") to combine two network cards into a single connection to get twice the bandwidth. I have a slow Wifi network with not so ...
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Can ping/ssh through LAN but not with Wi-Fi
I have bought a new D-link Wi-Fi modem recently, and I have connected one Linux system through LAN and another system through Wi-Fi. I can't ping the host which is connected to the LAN from the Wi-Fi ...
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How to check wifi connection without using ping in linux?
Basically I want to check if the computer is connected to the wifi (router) using a command line command. Ping is usually used to check internet connection, but I only want to know if is connected to ...
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Iptables to filter traffic exchanged within the same wireless LAN
This may seem as a stupid question to you but I need to be sure that what I am thinking is correct. I'm using a usb-wireless adapter (connected to my laptop), dnsmasq and hostapd to create a local ...
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Hack a consumer router or DIY/Custom Kit for a kick ass router
So I am currently running a old school hacked Linksys WRT54G and have played around with some of the hacks and currently running Tomato on it and I am pretty happy (tho the lack of OpenVPN Server suck)...
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wicd does not automatically REconnect
I connect wirelessly to a router using wicd 1.7.2.4 on slackware 14. If I am not actively using the internet connection for some time then I lose the connection, but wicd does not automatically ...
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How do I create a wireless linux router from a spare server?
I'm going to be doing some experiments with network traffic sniffing and I would like to setup a linux box as my home router. Are there any really easy ways to do this and have a web-configurable ...
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How do I choose which router to connect to with the same SSID?
In my area, there is a big network of around 50 routers with same SSID. My devices automatically connect to the closest and strongest network.
How can I connect to one of those manually which are in ...
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What does the MAC address shown by `iw link` or iwconfig` represent?
I have my RaspberryPi3 (latest Raspbian) connected via WiFi to my WLAN router
with ip=192.168.1.1 and mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:A5. However, when I perform
the following, I get quite different results for ...
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Kali Linux not detecting wireless network in dual boot
Am new to Linux. Just downloaded and installed Kali Linux 1.0.7 yesterday.
I have a wireless connection in the house.
But Kali doesn't seem to be detecting the network. I go to the network icon and ...
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How can I limit bandwidth to users on a wireless hotspot on Linux?
I have a Ubuntu laptop (14.04) which is connected to the internet via Ethernet. The internet connection is shared using wireless AP on the same laptop to which mine and some friend's phones connect. I ...
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Kali 1.0.5 Internet Connection Problems
I have recently installed Kali Linux and am having connection issues. It says I am connected to the network, but I am not able to access the Web. A Ubuntu 13.04 running on the same machine (dual boot) ...
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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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Is it possible to connect a wireless router to another access point?
I have a complicated situation due to my goals and network structure. I have in mind a potential solution, a bridge, but I do not know whether it is feasible or what hardware it will require.
The ...
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