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How to configure dhcpcd to work with default dns?
I have an embedded Linux device which connects to wifi. It is configured with DHCP and configured to use a specific DNS server. The current configuration works.
However, I want to remove the DNS ...
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Networking with local devices while using VPN
In my home network, I have Linux Mint 20.3 on my laptop and Android 11. They both use Wireless LAN created by my router. Sometimes when I switch on VPN on either of the device, then I am unable to ...
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wpa_supplicant: connect to mobile tethering but not to the router
Also my phone works successfully as a client of this Wi-Fi router, and even now I tether from this phone that is a client of this Wi-Fi.
Wired connection (ethernet) from the same laptop to this router ...
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Can’t take network interface down on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
I'm trying to change my WiFi MAC address following this article:
https://www.linuxshelltips.com/change-mac-address-linux/
After taking down my network manager, when I try to take down the network ...
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local wifi network on linux, IoT
How to create a local wifi network from a host device, which would allow other guest devices to connect the host device (just connect to its IP and port on the local network and open a TCP socket)?
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High, variable ping times to machine on local network
I have two machines on my local network, both connected to a wireless router. From machine A, if I ping my router, I get this:
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9038ms
rtt min/...
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Using one public IP address provided by the router on the same network to host two domain names on two separate Raspberry Pi'
I am in the process of hosting two separate domain names on their own Raspberry Pi 3: https://www.iwasframed.com and https://www.findyourchild.org using Google Domains & their Dynamic DNS API. ...
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Raspberry Pi Zero saying "No Wireless LAN Interface found"?
I am working with others and I need to connect the Raspberry Pi Zero to my WiFi then give it a static IP so that we can SSH into it. The others in the group have successfully done so.
I started by ...
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Linux server on Wifi becomes unreachable after a few hours (but still has Internet)
I have a Linux server at home running Archlinux that I use as a NAS and media center which worked fine for years over Ethernet.
I recently had to relocate the server and I cannot connect it with ...
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unable to install WiFi driver in Kali linux, bc not found
I am having problem with installing Wi-Fi drivers for my laptop, which is a HP pavilion 15-eg1848nd, while installing kali Linux it fails to detect the built in Wi-Fi card.
I tried downloading ...
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How can I get my network adapter to automatically connect to open networks on Ubuntu Linux?
I'm using Ubuntu Linux LTS 20.04.3 on my laptop. I had a stupid idea to get free wifi on road-trips: I have an Alfa wireless adapter with 2.4/5 gigahertz support. It has some pretty great range, so I ...
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Cant capture packets on open wifi Network and only getting Wifi Beacons?
I set up an open WPA2 network and I'm trying to capture traffic on it, so I putted interface on monitor mode and first tried to capture using airodump using this command
sudo airodump-ng -o pcap --...
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Having issues with WireGuard over udp2raw
My config is computer to VPS, connection WiFi over WLAN (192.168.1.x)
WireGuard config on server :
[Interface]
Address = 10.0.0.1/24
PrivateKey = key=+
ListenPort = 51120
#just iptables open ports..
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Wifi usb dongle ignores drivers/modules after reboot
I seem to have stuck. Problem is while using the wifi USB dongle from Dlink.
This is the wifi dongle for which we are talking here:
product link
I bought a new piece and did some research on how to ...
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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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Rename WiFi interface
How to rename WiFi interface on debian
root@debian:~# ll /etc/systemd/network/10-persistant-wlan0.link
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Jan 18 12:45 /etc/systemd/network/10-persistant-wlan0.link
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tcpdump doesn't capture WiFi-to-WiFi traffic
I have configured a transparent bridge on a network that should capture all the traffic of its connected devices with tcpdump (see diagram 1).
The bridge is configured on a Debian 11 server and has an ...
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Does every USB WIFI-Adapter with 802.11n specification support hot-spot? Can't set up hot spot on linux
I have been trying to set up a hotspot using my EDUP 802.11n USB adapter on Archlinux. As I understand, this USB adapter is supposed to support AD-HOC. However, I am unable to set hot spot up, and I ...
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Why does NetworkManger pop up nmcheck.org even when i have correctly set up the configuration with uri set on Fedora 35?
I have been facing problem where a default browser window pops up saying nmcheck.gnome.org and then immediately closes. Also the gnome wifi icon at the top right has a question mark on it. I know that ...
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Wifi association took too long, failing activation
I have recently acquired a Dell XPS 15 9500, and also have a Dell XPS 13 9370. They are both running Ubuntu 20.04 as a dual boot.
I have an access point (private, at home) where the 13 has no problem ...
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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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Correct Driver For ASUS USB-AX56 WiFi Adapter
I'm trying to track down the correct Linux driver for the ASUS USB-AX56 wifi adapter - https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/ASUS_USB-AX56 lists it but w/o a probable driver.
ASUS themselves claim that it's ...
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How to establish a network on a Linux single board computer?
I have a single board computer (SBC) running Linux (Ubuntu 18) that acts as a web server. When the computer is connected to my home Wi-Fi network I can access the webpage being served through the ...
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Bridging a WIFI adapter in AP mode to a VM
Linux Mint, using hostapd I have a wifi adapter set up in AP mode. I have bridged a VMware virtual network to this wifi adapter and connected it to a VM running pfsense.
Devices can connect to the AP ...
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Internet speed in my Ubuntu 20.04 is painfully slow
Hi I bought a new Dell Inspriron 5501 quite months back. Never really use it a lot. But still after installing Ubuntu 20.04 my internet is really slow. I only get download speed of 100KB/second ...
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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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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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Detect wifi with quotas
I saw that at least Ubuntu has a way to detect wifis with quota, as when I was connected to my phone's 4G hotspot I got a message that I could not search for apps in the ubuntu software center for ...
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Can't connect to wifi (Eduroam) with RTL8187SE
I can't connect to eduroam on my netbook, which has an RTL8187SE wifi adapter (rev 22). The hardware is quite old, but it can connect to other networks just fine. I'm on bunsenlabs linux 10.5, and the ...
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On Raspberry Pi / cannot access all computers in network
I am a bit confuse here. I am not able to access or even ping my Tasmota devices on my raspberry pie. That said, I am able to ping my proxmox servers from my pie.
I can ping my tasmota devices from my ...
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Cannot access website due to incorrect DNS configurations; new devices can access with updated correct DNS, but not old ones
Like said in the long title, I can't access my site hosted on AWS with AWS Route 53 Hosted Zone. When I initially configured my DNS, there may have been something wrong with the A records which ...
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Alpine Linux - "Secrets were required, but not provided" when connecting to a wifi connection, but works when connecting to another
I am using Alpine Linux to connect to my wifi home network. I have two main wifi access points, let's call them WORKING and NOT_WORKING. When I connect to WORKING through nmcli, the connection is ...
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Debian 10, cant use 2 Network Interfaces at the same time
Problem and explanation:
What I want to do: Setting up the interfaces, so all can be used at the same time.
Problem: I got 3 Interfaces in total. 1 is the LAN Connection and 2 are LTE Connections ...
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How to use WoWLAN with linux
I just bought an PCI-e WIFI/Bluetooth card to upgrade my PC. The chip is an Intel AX200 and supposedly supports Wake on Wireless LAN (WoWLAN). However I could not find any guide on how to setup WoWLAN ...
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wpa_supplicant needs a manual reassociation every once in a while
I recently reinstalled a Debian 10 on my laptop. Before that, wireless connection to my home AP worked fine (no latency, no disconnection...).
But since the reinstallation, when my laptop is connected ...
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What is the easiest way to connect to Wifi with Debian-Linux OS and the command line interface (no GUI)?
I installed Debian/Linux on my laptop and it doesn't have a GUI. I have been playing with python3 that came with my installation of the OS and I would like to do pip installs for more python packages ...
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Trouble reproducing bluetooth fix Realtek 8822be
I have a Lenovo Ideapad L340, with a Realtek 8822be Wireless Adapter. It works flawlessly with Windows, but completely fails on Linux, which I'm trying to have on a dual boot. So I could neither ...
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Which is the correct key to modify to set a wireless password via nmcli
A number of answers describe how to modify properties of a wireless connection via nmcli (for example https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/316482/16821).
However, I don't know how to determine which ...
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ONT doesn't answer ARP request
I've been working with a custom linux image, based on yocto, running on an industrial tablet. During my tests, I've faced some problems to connect to a wifi network after rebooting the device.
Before ...
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I need a working solution for "X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication." on a Rasbpian buster host with MacOS Big Sur client
Host: Raspberry Pi 4B
Host Display: Osoyoo 3.5" DSI Touch Screen
Host OS: Raspbian (Buster)
Client: MacBook Air 2011
Client OS: MacOS Big Sur
Client App: Terminal
Connection string: ssh -Y pi@...
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Proxmox + Debian: unable use the wireless network
can you check if my wireless setting is wrong, I have google and try all method but still cannot connect.
wpa_supplicant execution result
root@proxmox:~# wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp6s0 -c /etc/...
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hostapd: how to block only NetBIOS broadcasts to clients in same WLAN by applying network restrictions
I have set up a Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi hotspot via hostapd, dnsmasq and iptables routing using this excellent tutorial: https://thepi.io/how-to-use-your-raspberry-pi-as-a-wireless-access-point/.
Although ...
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Routing the IP packets from the station (STA) to another node that's connected over USB/ethernet
I have a setup where a station is configured via wpa supplicant to connect to an AP (over wlan0 interface) and node B is connected to the station via USB (or maybe ethernet), which needs access as ...
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Null Supervisory, Receiver not Ready on WiFi network: what does it mean?
When sniffing with tcpdump on my home network with a Debian box I get broadcast packets like this one within minutes from WiFi devices:
11:03:06.976812 34:8a:7b:d9:6c:64 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Null ...
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Virtual Box:usb device 'Realtek 802.11n NIC' with UUID {cghd hgd ....} busy with previous request. Please try again later
I have installed kali linux in Virtual box 6.1 and when I start my kali machine, my wifi adaptor(external adaptor) turns off.
I have tried using NAT in usb settings but still got same error.
Also ...
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Running a VPN service on my Desktop, but want to send sound-over-LAN to desktop from my laptop via VBAN. Is there a way to allow this?
I'm running Manjaro linux on my desktop, along with nordvpn for numerous connectivity reasons. I treat my spare windows laptop as a second monitor of sorts. To receive sound from this laptop, I have a ...
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Find out the number of MIMO streams with linux wireless command
It looks that iw list command gives the number of streams of the wifi interface that can be supported.
VHT RX MCS set:
1 streams: MCS 0-9
2 streams: MCS 0-9
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How to install external USB Wi-Fi adapter driver in Kali Linux
I am using Kali Linux on my laptop and my laptop's internal Wi-Fi adapter is not working, so I have an external USB adapter. Now after the installation I plug my Wi-Fi adapter and Linux is not showing ...
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How to ssh into a machine that is at different subnet?
I'm connecting 2 different devices (laptop and desktop) to internet with my mobile phone. I connected my phone to my desktop via USB and enabled USB tethering. I've also enabled hotspot to connect my ...
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Bonding two wifi interfaces using NetworkManager
I've got two different adapters connecting to the same Network with different speeds. I aim to join their bandwidth since my ISP's bandwidth is far more than what they both receive. I use ...
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