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Not able to apply changes for wireless driver in Ubuntu 20.04
I have been using ubuntu some older versions for a while . And few weeks back I installed ubuntu 20.04 in dual boot . And I have never faced this problem in the Wireless network to detect wifi.
I am ...
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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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How to detect "restrict background usage" with a BASH script?
I have a short bash script in my crontab to run a network-heavy rclone backup task.
In psuedocode:
#!/bin/bash
if [ is_running ]; then
exit 1;
else
rclone command;
fi
What service, program, or ...
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How can I change the Wireless Adapter Interface Name in Ubuntu?
I've booted with the net.ifnames=0 in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT so
It does fix the name of the internal adapter
wlp2s0 >> wlan0
But I can't find a solution to my external adapter which is ...
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How to pick a different WiFi connection when one drops?
I have 2 WiFI connections available. Sometimes, the WiFi network disconnects, and when that happens, I'd like the system to automatically use the other connection.
How can I do this? I'm using a ...
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Setting up Wi-Fi using USB adapter on Ubuntu 12.04
I have tried in vain to set up my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop as a Wi-Fi hotspot; it says
Your wireless card does not support Access Point mode
I had to resort to a USB Wi-Fi adapter, and I purchased this ...
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Ubuntu/Netgar WAX218: How to fix failing wifi connection to access point? (Activation of network connection failed)
After the wireless access point (Netgear WAX218 - AX3600 WiFi 6 Dual Band PoE+) and the Ubuntu (2022.10) system were plugged off for nearly three months, Ubuntu is no longer able to connect to the ...
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Ubuntu USB Wifi found in lsusb but not in iwconfig
My ASUSTek 802.11ac can be seen in lsusb but not in iwconfig
The iwconfig returns:
lo no wireless extensions.
This USB wifi was working previously on my Ubuntu setup and I have testing on Windows ...
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Connecting Linux to 5G WiFi, whereas on 2.4G works just fine
I have an quirky issue connecting my Linux machine to WiFi router only on 5Ghz band, whereas on 2.4Ghz everything works fine(, but limiting the internet bandwidth severly).
I suppose that's not router ...
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Wifi network interface disappeared in iwconfig and ifconfig (Ubuntu 18.04)
When my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 turns on or reboots it doesn't connect to wifi because wlp1s0 interface that was responsible for wifi adapter disappeared in iwconfig and ifconfig. However, when i ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 suspend hardblocking wifi card
I am using ubuntu 18.04 on a dual booted HP Pavilion Notebook -17-g005nx (ENERGY STAR). (ubuntu/windows 10) UEFI with secure boot disabled.
The wifi card is BCM43142
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]...
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802.11s mesh network cannot ping between different Ubuntu systems
I am setting up an 802.11s mesh network on Ubuntu Linux systems, after disabling NetworkManager and netplan.io. The following commands are an example of what is used to set up the mesh on one ...
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reroute my traffic to another adapter
My Internet access comes from my ethernet and I want to redirect it to a virtual adapter which is connected to a vpn server. I looked for answers and I'm now aware it has to do with the route rule but ...
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WiFi card not detected by Windows first time after restarting from Ubuntu in dual-boot
The following is my setup:
Asus K551LN i5 laptop (dual boot), Windows 10 Home (fast startup disabled), Ubuntu 15.10 amd64 (dual boot)
This laptop has the MediaTek MT7630E wifi card for which the ...
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wlan0 interface disappeared after upgrade to ubuntu 15.10
I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and now the wlan0 interface is gone from ifconfig. Instead, it shows a weird interface called enxbe3baf6373f3...
enxbe3baf6373f3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr be:3b:af:63:73:...
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