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WiFi authentication times out
Since today I have this very annoying issue that the WiFi on my HP ProBook is not authenticating anymore. I haven't changed any settings and my mobile phone connects to the WiFi fine. Also trying ...
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wpa_supplicant for dual WLAN
I've got wlan0 and wlan1. Each interface should connect to a different SSID.
I would like to use wpa_supplicant for both.
I can put the two networks in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, but how do I tell ...
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How to connect to a WiFi from command line under Ubuntu without .conf file?
I can connect to my WiFi out of the shell by doing:
nano wireless-wpa.conf
typing:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="my_router_id"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="...
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How to re-enable a network that has been TEMP-DISABLED in wpa_supplicant?
In wpa_suppicant, a network can receive a sort of temporary "blacklisting" whereby wpa_supplicant won't try to connect to it. This happens in particular if authentication to the AP fails several times ...
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wpa_cli choose interface p2p-dev-wlan0 automatically when -i is not specified
I want to use wpa_cli to connect with AP.
If I use wpa_cli without -i option, wpa_cli will choose interface p2p-dev-wlan0 which does not really exist.
And network list between p2p-dev-wlan0 and wlan0 ...
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Connect wlan interface to specific BSSID without knowledge about SSID
I do know the BSSID and passphrase of my wireless router and I want to connect my wireless interface to it without caring about the SSID. Thus, I do want it to work even after the SSID of the wireless ...
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wpa_supplicant - detecting that my password is incorrect?
If I specify an incorrect password when connecting to a WiFi network is there anyway to detect that the reason I can't connect is the incorrect password (rather than one of the many other possible ...
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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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wpa_supplicant : Blacklist wireless networks by BSSID
I am currently using wpa_supplicant to connect to my wireless network. The wireless network is extended with at least 30 different access points having the same SSID, and it takes a lot of time to ...
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Computer-to-Computer network between OS X and Linux
I want to make a connection point to point via wifi between Mac and Linux.
What I did was:
I have created Computer-To-Computer network in OS X
I have set manually an ip address for Mac, 10.0.0.1/255....
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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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1
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How do you find possible values for freq_list and/or scan_freq in wpa_supplicant.conf?
The wpa_supplicant.conf file can have parameters freq_list and scan_freq. How do I find what are the possible values for either or both of these parameters?
freq_list=5500 5520 ...
scan_freq=5500 ...
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Linux ad hoc network wpa_supplicant frequency
One of the terms I've seen defined in the wpa_supplicant for Linux devices using an ad hoc network is "frequency=2412", and I have to admit its function is obvious, but I was wondering if anyone could ...
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While using ad-hoc networking, how to I force nodes to use the same cell IDs (bssid)?
I have Debian/Ubuntu hosts that I connect via an ad-hoc network with the following settings:
board:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.0.0.2
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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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