Questions tagged [wifi]
WiFi is a networking technology permitting the exchange of information through wireless (radio) connections.
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Wifi adapter is at monitor mode but still wont change to wlan0mon and airodump-ng won't show any nearby networks
My wifi adapter is set to monitor mode but it won't change from wlan0 to wlan0mon. When l manually change it using "ip link set wlan0 name wlan0mon" or just leave as it is. I then run ...
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What is the difference between `ssid` and `ssid2` in hostapd config file?
In a hostapd configuration file, sometimes I see the key ssid to specify the SSID, and sometimes I see the key ssid2. What is the difference between these? I'm having trouble finding documentation ...
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Kali Linux-Headers not being installed due to rtl8188fu
I am not able to install the linux-headers-6.8.11-amd64 kernel even after repeated trying. I tried several methods - sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade, sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, sudo dkms --...
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Slow wifi recovers speed temporarily when reconnected
I have an IBM T420 running Ubuntu 24.04.
The wifi acts weird: Over time it slows to a crawl, but if I
disconnect and reconnect then the speed recovers to the expected
speed.
This is not a fluke: You ...
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Problems with RealTek 8822CU Wifi device on Linux 6.2
We have an embedded device that runs Linux 4.14. It uses a USB Wifi adaptor that uses the RealTek 8822cu chipset. Driver source code was provided by the vendor and compiled locally. WiFi works well ...
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Trouble Setting Access Point 2.4GHz Orange Pi Zero 2
I'm setting up a WiFi Access Point using bridge mode. I successfully configured the bridge mode and it's working. Then, I managed to set up the WiFi Access Point for 5GHz as well. But why did I fail ...
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In Ubuntu 24.04 How to configure sharing Internet on WiFi with the hosts connected on Ethernet and another Gateway
My SOHO LAN has this structure:
WAN (ISP IP) -- Router--LAN(192.168.1.1) with hosts 192.168.1.0/24
One Host is Hypervisor(192.168.2.1 and 192.168.1.20) with three VMs
created 192.168.2.10, 192.168.2....
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I can't connect to Wi-Fi on my RedmiBook 16 laptop with Pop OS 22.04 LTS x86_64
It connects to a cell phone hotspot without any problems. But to the router, it's a mess. It keeps trying to connect, but crashes and asks for the network password again. The WPS button doesn't help ...
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Multiple WiFi devices and interfaces - bind connection to specific interface
Currently using Raspbian/bookworm in default configuration 'NetworkManager' is used to connect to WiFi networks. If you use at least one additional WiFi-device on your RaspberryPi, you will have more ...
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How do I set my apt mirror in crunchbang++ 12?
So, basically, I was installing crunchbang++ (or #!++) and my WiFi drivers weren't set up (it said it needed r34/ucode.fw and r34-open/ucode.fw), so I decided to skip setting up network and apt ...
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Conky doesn't show wifi traffic
My conky show cpu, memory, harddisk but doesn't show wifi traffic of my lapttop. I ran:
ifconfig
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wlp4s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.71.85 ...
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Debian can only connect to connect 2.4 GHz wifi networks
I have my desktop computer running the latest Debian 12 install in dual boot with Windows.
On Windows I can connect to both the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz networks, however recently after updates I am ...
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Wifi randomly disconnects after some time & Never come back unless system restarted | Fedora 40
I recently purchased a new laptop and I am having a wifi disconnectivity issue in my lonovo machine (ThinkBook 16 G6 ABP with AMD processor). The wifi randomly disconnects after some time and never ...
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Cannot connect ALFA AWUS036NH (Ralink rt3070) with Kali Linux 2024.1?
I just bought ALFA AWUS036NH and Linux. It detected my adaptor when I ran "lsusb" command. But it does not connect to the adaptor. In the wifi menu the "available networks" option ...
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Wifi not working on Fedora 40
I am using a lenovo ideapad 15irh laptop with a replaced rtl8822ce network card. I am using windows 10 as my secondary system, everything works fine there. On Fedora, after installing it, networks ...
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