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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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Understanding the output of the 'iw reg get' command
If I run the command iw reg get in my system (Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS, kernel 4.13, iw version 3.17), I get the following output:
country PT: DFS-ETSI
(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5170 - ...
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How to forget wireless networks from command line?
Using the command line on Debian, how can make the system forget the wireless networks I previously connected to?
Thanks.
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RTL8188CUS AP and Client mode simultaneously with hostapd in Linux?
I'm trying to figure out how to set up my RTL8188CUS Wifi dongle to run in both AP and Client mode at the same time.
How can I do this in Linux?
I have hostapd running fine and I remember reading ...
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Wi-Fi adapter install error Linux Mint
All right?
I have an adapter that has worked on Windows 10. But on Cinnamon, it is not even recognized.
Follows some results, being the first one the attempt to install the driver that came with the ...
user994028
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Connect to two wifi networks with one wifi network card on Linux
I am not sure if this is doable but I came to think of an idea. So we have two wireless networks at home, basically what I do is to switch connection to each access point in order to connect to the ...
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Setting promiscuous mode in WIFI card
I am on a home network behind a router and I want to capture traffic b/w router and other devices like PCs. All the devices are connected using Wi-Fi with the router.
My Wi-Fi driver is ath9k, I ...
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Installing TP-Link AC1200 T5E PCIe Adapter on Debian 11
There's a lot of info online about how to install the TP-Link AC1200 T4UH version, or similar, but nothing on the T5E as far as I could find.
How do you setup the TP-Link AC1200 T5E PCIe Adapter on ...
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lost wireless connection in ubuntu 14.04 after 5 miniute
I installed ubuntu 14.04 in my new laptop Lenovo Thinkpad E540
I connect to a wifi network but after a while I lost connection, I try to reconnect but it cann't connect again to any wifi netwotk. for ...
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Gentoo installation WiFi issues after rebooting what to install in chroot
I'm installing Gentoo. Last time I tried my wifi was not working, so this time I want to make sure I get it right.
I'm done with this step:
emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world
But ...
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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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wpa_supplicant on Debian doesn't connect to network
I'm currently trying to connect to my home WiFi network (WPA2 security), but when I run sudo wpa_supplicant -B -D wext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, running /sbin/iw wlan0 link immediately ...
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The name of my wireless card keeps switching randomly on reboot
I'm using Arch Linux on a Dell laptop. My wireless card was always named wlp*. Then after I installed something—which I don't remember (maybe some connection manager?)—and my wireless card randomly ...
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No wireless networks shown in nmtui
I run Artix with both OpenBox and LXDE and i can connect to wifi normally with LXDE using the gui network manager in LXDE. But when logged in with OpenBox , nmtui shows no wireless networks. ...
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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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