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Serve ssh connection to wifi devices while connected to a wifi network
I was wondering if there's any way for a laptop to be both simultaneously connected to a wireless network, while at the same time acting as an ad-hoc network with local access to serve as a wifi ...
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DHCP negotiations consistently fails to obtain lease on first try and works on second try
I'm having some problems bringing up my wireless card at boot time on my Red Hat Linux 9.0 box. After some investigation with the boot scripts, I noticed that it was having problems with the DHCP ...
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Binding wlan0 to eth0 in Linux
When I type ifconfig,
I see wlan0 and eth0. I want to somehow bind these two together into one device.
How would I go about doing this?
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Can a Linux machine act as both a wireless client and access point simultaneously using a single physical WLAN interface?
If I have only 1 physical WLAN interface, is there some hackery that can be done so that it can be a client of an existing access point and at the same time also act as an access point for other ...
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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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Ubuntu 9.04 Cannot Connect to visible open wifi ap (reason 6)
I'm travelling currently so the last network i connected successfully to was my home wpa-psk network. I hadn't tried anything until i got to my accommodation that is an open network (that I'm on now ...
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Login to wireless network with WPA password on Ubuntu Server
Is it at all possible to login to a wireless network with a WPA password on Ubuntu Server with no Window System?
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Set default wireless adapter
I just acquired a Wi-Fire long-range wi-fi adapter, and I would like to test it with my Ubuntu desktop computer. However, my machine defaults to using an internal, discrete wireless card (not hard-...
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Linksys WiFi usb dongle and linux woes
I have a Linksys WUSB54GC usb dongle and I have exhausted every thing I know about making this thing work in linux. I am using Fedora 13. Since it is not ready I can not view any networks. Any ideas ...
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Wireless disconnects at random after upgrade to Ubuntu 10.4
After upgrading my home server from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.4 my wireless seemingly drops out, even though my IRC client keeps it's connection to the servers, so it looks like the machine just stops taking ...
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Wireless performance on Ubuntu 9.10
Is there something I should do to my networking configuration in Ubuntu to better the performance of my wireless connection? I'm on a netbook dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10. I pick up much ...
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ifconfig return "unknown interface: no such device"
I'm trying to install a Linux driver for my wireless network card (D-Link DWL-G510) on my Red Hat Linux 7.1 machine with a 2.4.37.9 kernel. I downloaded the serial monkey driver from the sourceforge ...
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(manually configured) kernel update leaves wireless in a mess
I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 to 2.6.32-gentoo-r7. In both cases, I configured everything manually. However, since the upgrade, my wireless card appears to be on the fritz. It ...
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Linux will not activate wireless after device has been re-enabled
Using a Eee 900A netbook by Asus. By pressing Fn + F2, I can disable or enable the wireless chip on the netbook, a blue LED indicates the status. I've been able to connect to wireless networks just ...
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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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