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What if I changed my subnet mask from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.255.255 on my Windows, will I be able to communicate with other hosts on my LAN? [duplicate]
Few days back, when I was surfing the admin panel of my router, I had found an IP address. I knew that this IP address was assigned to my router by my ISP. Also I knew that there are few other users ...
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Wifi fails when switching OS on dual boot PC
I have a dual boot system currently with Ubuntu and Windows. Over the last couple of months, I had a repeated experience of failing WiFi card when switching between operating systems. The wifi (and ...
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Connect to domain network on linux using windows network profile
I have a windows 10 laptop that's part of my school's domain (workgroup?). I want to temporarily boot into linux to work on personal projects in my free time, but I won't have any internet since to ...
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Windows automatically downloads CA certificate on school network but not Linux?
When I try to connect to my school's WiFi network through my personal Windows machine, a prompt opens up to enter my ID number and password, which allows me to connect to the network. When I try to ...
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TP- Link Not working on dual boot
Model : TL-WN725N
I have been using windows for a long time now. I haven't faces any issues with the tp-link adapter.
Today i dual booted windows and pop os(linux). I installed the drivers on the ...
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Wi-Fi adapter fails to obtain an IP address in Windows after being used in Ubuntu
My tablet has a Broadcom BCM43455 chip, but doesn't have the configuration file stored in NVRAM as expected by the Linux (Xubuntu) brcmfmac driver. As a workaround, I decided to copy the file from my ...
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Connecting to Multiple Wifi Networks Simultaneously
There are multiple wifi networks available on campus. I have noticed that on the primary network, certain important websites (Google) have extremely long load times. This can be resolved to switching ...
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Windows wouldn't connect to wifi networks after using Kali
I had this issue in two different laptops and I could not find a proper answer till now. My wifi was going well until I decided to run a live version of kali and play there a little bit. I used ...
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Causes of slow network connection between two Windows 7 computers on LAN but either Win7 and a Linux computer are not slow
I am experiencing slow (approx. 1 MB/s) transfer speeds on my home wireless network between two Windows 7 computers. Speeds improve when switching to Ethernet on both. This speed is being observed ...
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show message when devices connected wireless router
I'm guessing the only way "Universally" to show a message like "Welcome to my WiFi connection" is through a html landing page( redirection). I would say SMB but I believe Windows 8 doesn't allow you ...
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Internet connection not working with Linux OS
I am using a D-Link GLB-502T router at my place which provides me with a cable with an RJ-45 plug. I put this into a D-Link DIR-605L Wifi router to access internet wirelessly.
All is fine till I am ...
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LINUX + Windows (network incompatibility)
I'm having some strange problem in my house. I live with 2 friends, and we have 3 notebooks. Until yesterday, all 3 using Windows. All 3 are connected to the same wi-fi router. Yesterday I installed ...
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Using 2 network cards simultaneouly
I have a built in pci wifi card and a usb wifi card. If I have both of them connected to the same router, will windows use both of them simultaneously or prefer one over the other? If I have them ...
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Failed Slackware Setup - Internet Permanently Broken
I am new to Linux. I tried to install Slackware 14 on a fresh partition, with the rest of the HD as free space, except for the small "Dell" partition that seems to be necessary.
I got Slackware ...
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Windows 7/8 can't connect to an N Router
I have a router running OpenWRT backfire, with N and A/B/G being broadcast. A linux laptop, and a Mac laptop can see the N network and connect to it (or at least they could last weekend). But there is ...
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College wifi works easily on Linux, but not on Windows
In Linux:
After connecting to the college wifi, going to the network login page logging in, the internet works perfectly as it should.
In Windows:
After connecting to the college wifi, going to the ...
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How to find the uptime in Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find out uptime on Windows?
Is there any function like "Linux uptime" in Windows?
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How can I find out which authentication protocols a WiFi network uses?
I want to connect my Debian Squeeze machine to my school wireless network with wpa_supplicant.
I think the network uses 802.1X authentication, because when the other students connects to the network ...
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share folders over network across OSs
I have a desktop with ubuntu 10.04 with my whole music collection in it. I want to access it using my laptop and my brother's laptop, both running windows (vista and 7 respectively).
How do I do that?...
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Home network topology for Shared Wifi enivironment
I need to reevaluate my Home Network topology due to new devices being added, I was wondering if anyone had any insight or input that could assist me.
General Environment
Multi-unit home (15+ ...
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Basic connectivity issues between Win 7 and XP mixed wired/wireless network
Setup:
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate desktop hard wired to Asus WL500gp router (WL500gpv2-1.9.2.7-d-r1445 firmware)
Several Bridged VirtualBox VM's running XP, 7, ubuntu server 10.04, Mint 9 and SuSE 11.2
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Is there a way to bind a wireless network to a proxy setting?
Is there an existing program to set an specific wireless network to a certain fixed proxy configuration?
If there isn't, do you know if the necessary API exists to change it with a script or small ...
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