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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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How to add wireless profiles during deployment via MDT

I'm using MDT 2012 to deploy Windows 7 Pro x64. How can I include wireless profiles for several different WiFi networks? There is no domain, all machines are on a workgroup using group policy is not an option. Is there a Task Sequence, script or…
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Windows 8 Tablet authenticates to wireless network: Disconnects 3 seconds later

The wireless network is secured with WPA2 enterprise and has been in production for some time. Recently, we have had several Windows 8 clients that have been having a hard time joining the network. I have one in my possession now, and looking at the…
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How to split LAN into two separate LANs using same internet connection

I have a router ZyXEL P-660HN-T3A and Switch ZyXEL GS1100-24 and I need to separate 2 ports on switch so clients connected to this ports can't see/access the others. I need the same thing to do with my wifi "from" zyxel p-660hn. Is VLANs the way to…
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Gateway software for wifi hot spot

Im looking for a solutions to set-up free wifi hot spot, but not completely open - i want to give access to all customers via paper coupons/codes. Like, each code is valid for 3 hours of surfing internet. It is kinda complicated, so i`ll try to…
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Conceptual: Reselling ISP services (vISP?)

Hello I am trying to understand how some "wifi"/vISP companies work. I do hope this is the appropriate forum/site for my question. I'll start with an example: Lets say you are at an airport and there is wifi available. However in order to use this…
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802.3ad over Multiple Bridged APs?

I have a client who wants to find a cheap way to get a gigabit link (or so) between two buildings that are within stable wireless range of each other. And he asked me if I knew of a way to do it. I said no. Having said that, one idea did occur to…
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Bridging eth0 to wlan0

I'm trying to create the followig setup: +----------+ | Wi-Fi | +----------+ ^ …
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What is the best way to deal with spam or virus infected hosts in wireless network with personal laptops?

What is the best way to deal with spam or virus infected hosts in wireless network with personal laptops (like personal students laptops in university)? What polices and tools use your company?
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Need to guarantee 99.9% network uptime for ~50 computers. Is WLAN feasible?

Our current setup in our office uses a single router with 13 computers connected through wired interfaces. We are out of free ports and we need to support an additional 30-50 computers. We need to guarantee at least 99.9% network connectivity uptime…
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What's the point of Load Balancing between multiple SSID on the single wireless AP device?

I have a Cisco WAP4410N AP device. Since yesterday, it is supposed to serve a network of about 15 (max 20) clients at the same time, but not all clients will be using bandwidth simultaneously, since it's a mixed network of…
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QoS for very basic LAN/WiFi network: Do I need SmoothWall or OpenWRT or just good advice?

Here is the basic situation/topology of the network I manage: Residential, but we are a co-op, so we have a business-class contract with ISP. The residents are college students, so there is quite a bit of everything, including P2P (torrenting),…
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Sonicwall TZ210 - Set up public wifi on separate subnet & interface

I want to set up a public wifi by connecting another router to the X6 interface, and put it on a separate subnet (192.168.10.0/24) & in the DMZ Zone to keep it away from the regular LAN. I believe I have the network settings correct: the router has…
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Single Sign On 802.1x Wireless - saying “Connecting to ”, hangs for 10 seconds, fails with “Unable to connect to , Logging on…”.

We are implementing WiFi on Windows 7 machines in our corporate environment. Machines should be able to log into the domain by WiFi as the Machine (Pre-Logon), and as the User (Post-Logon). We have everything working correctly except for 2…
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Cannot access LAN Printer

Environment: I have a Brother 7360N Network Printer connected to a TPLINK Router over an Ethernet cable. My desktop, running Windows 8 is connected to the TPLINK Router over an Ethernet cable. A ROKU device is connected over Ethernet. The TPLINK…
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PEAP validation against a different, secondary domain?

Probably a little bit confusing, so let me explain the situation. Our company wants to implement a corporate wireless LAN with PEAP authentication. Unfortunately, someone made a big mistake in our Active Directory design 10 years ago. The domain…
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