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WiFi is a layer 1 and 2 networking protocol for wireless communication between devices. It is typically used in local networks for client access, but can also be used in point-to-point network links. WPA is used to encrypt traffic.

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HTML served from localhost is being modified by ISP

I took my laptop to a local restaurant yesterday to do some work setting up a new web app. I get the server in place, and created a simple HTML page: Hello, world. I start the server (Jersey), and then issue the…
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Ensure drive is mapped at login on laptop with strictly wireless

So, $software runs on a 'server' (windows client w/ file sharing to share out the db folder), and laptop client has the drive mapped and $software also installed. This is the vendor's recommended setup. Well, when user boots up laptop and logs in,…
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Wireless Multicast Forwarding on OpenWRT

Good day! We need to connect an STB device over wi-fi to the router. STB uses multicast only. Using udpxy is not possible. Original firmware forwards multicast over wi-fi using mac changing technique. I.e. router changes destination mac address from…
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Configuring Cisco AIR-CAP-2602i as the only WLAN AP on the network

I apologise in advance I'm about half way through CCNA so I may be using incorrect terminology. I've been tasked with putting in a new network at work, topology as follows: Router Cisco 887VA-M-K9 | Switch Cisco SLM2024T | WLAN AP Cisco…
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Wifi performance is slow only when there are multiple radios in one router

I have a wireless network setup like this: Laptop \ | Wifi Router A | Wifi Router B | Wifi Router C | \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | \|wlan0 …
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WiFi landing page: allow facebook + CDNs

we're building a landing page to use with Unifi (v3-beta). The landing page should show a facebook (and later LinkedIn) button to login. After they login with fb (or allow our app) they get unlimited access to the internet. We can whitelist…
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OpenVPN to host tap device having very large MTU

Question What is the minimum set of server and client configuration directives that I need in order to satisfy the following conditions? Virtual layer 2 ethernet network that will not be bridged with any other interfaces. VPN clients can exchange…
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What's the best strategy for a low cost reliable wireless network

I need to review our office's wireless network. Most of our users now have laptops that support wireless-N. We never have more than 3 or 4 people connect simultaneously. I need to keep this low cost. To be quite honest, although the extra…
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Setup Ad-hoc WIFI from terminal in OS X

Is it possible to create a Ad-hoc Wifi network in OS X using the command line? Without using Apple Script to do it through the UI.
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Small office WiFi network with Airport Extreme (15 people) advice

Hi I am having some problems with creating a decent office wifi setup. This is the current setup: Users via Wifi x15 > Router wired into > Airport Extreme wired into > Phoneline So our 15 concurrent users connect to the router (wireless) which is…
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how to disable auto-connect in network manager in ubuntu

hello there are some laptops running ubuntu 8.1 with NetworkManager, which on startup automatically connects to the strongest wireless network. i need to disable this for security reasons, so a connection will occur ONLY if the user starts a…
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Mikrotik API reference for `passthrough=no`

In several parts of the Mikrotik API Manual there are references to the passthrough=no and passthrough=yes. e.g.,: Manual: Transparent Traffic Shaper Manual: "/ ip firewall mangle" But nowhere have I seen a complete description of what this…
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Troubleshooting slow WiFi

I've had a big problem with a terribly slow WiFi network today which I just can't seem to trap the cause of. My setup: IpTables router running on a PC installed with Ubuntu 12.04 and 3 network interfaces. One of the interfaces (eth0) hooked up to a…
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Wireless Access Point connection benefits over Wireless Routers

While I was doing research on wireless connection limits, I stumbled upon this question. Zypher's answer seems to suggest connection capacity benefits of wireless access points over wireless routers. Is there actually a connection capacity benefit…
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two computers on same network cannot ping eachother nor view NetBios resources

I'd like to find out the problem of my network configuration I have network configuration is like in this diagram: The problem is between laptop1 and laptop2. At first I thought it was samba server problem. I was configuring samba server on one of…
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