Questions tagged [wifi-driver]
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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)
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VAIO laptop's wireless indicator blinking when connected to access point
I have a VAIO laptop model VGN-C22GH. It has a built in wireless card with a Intel Centrino processor on his motherboard.
When using Ubuntu 10.04, the wireless indicator blinks violently. This ...
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Wifi low dbm on Linux & Windows, but not driver or adapter
Low WiFi dbm on Windows and Linux, but new adapter doesn't fix the problem.
I recently brought my laptop into the shop to replace the power connection. When it came back, I ran the recommended ...
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How to make wifi and bluetooth work simultaneously?
I have a laptop running Debian Jessie with Intel Wireless-N 7265 BGN adapter. Mine looks like the one on the right, with an antenna cable going to the right-most socket.
According to dmesg I'm using ...
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Windows 8 - WiFi adapter finds no wireless networks! ends up with "No networks found"
I have a Dell Inspiron n5110 machine with Intel Celerino WiFi N1030.
Its been about two weeks I have started using Windows 8. Formerly, I was using Windows 7 Home premium in which I had no any ...
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Wifi Adapter not working in windows 8
I have Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 with the Network Adaptor card as
Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Provider : Broadcom
File version : 5.100.245.20
Driver Provider : Microsoft
Digital Signer : ...
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How to export and import, or backup and restore WiFi passwords saved in Windows 7?
Adjunct to How to get a stored WLAN “password” from Windows 7?, how do I back up and restore (in case of reinstalling the wlan adapter driver) or transfer (in case of switching wlan adapters or ...
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WiFi noise measurement
What I want to do:
I want to do some experiments with devices such as a Raspberry Pi in environments, where there is noise in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz band.
What I tried so far:
My idea was to simply use ...
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Use drivers from windows to linux
I have this wifi card: WG311v3 - G54 Wireless PCI Adapter;
that only work in Windows with specific driver.
How can i use it too with GNU/Linux ?
I read about the wine program but here they said ...
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Is there any way I can to use my WiFi card or another piece of hardware to transmit and receive radio signals from my computer? [closed]
Is there any piece of hardware or software I can use that will allow me to transmit and/or receive radio signals from my laptop? I'd prefer to do it using my existing hardware, like my wifi card, but ...
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How to force Windows 7 to disable driver signature enforcement?
I want to boot windows 7 every time with "disable driver signature enforcement". Because every time I didn't do so, my WLAN adapter "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377" didn't work.
I tried bcdedit.exe hacks ...
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How do access points determine the power of an associated or non-associated client?
I cannot figure out how access points determine the signal power of nearby clients.
I haven't found this information in any of the WiFi packet tutorials, so I can only assume that the power ...
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Installing Generic USB Wifi Dongle to OSX
I purchased an old Mac Pro to use as a home server. It has no WiFi card.
I have a generic Wireless N USB dongle. I got it a long time ago and it's not branded. Windows installs the drivers ...
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Installing a driver's INF file?
I've been fixing a friends computer which had all manner of things wrong with it, so I just wiped the whole thing and reinstalled Windows 7 (with the debugged service pack update).
Everything was ...
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How to fight network latency and jitter issues on Wifi?
I'm having problems with my Wifi connection.
I did a test on PingTest.net with the following results:
Packet Loss: 0%
Ping: 103ms
Jitter: 29ms
Same test but from another machine on the network ...
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