Questions tagged [wifi-driver]
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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 symptom does not appear with earlier versions of Ubuntu…
Vineet Menon
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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)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5250 - 5330 @…
fortune_pickle
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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 updates in Ubuntu Software Updater. I also noticed the…
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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 WLAN firmware iwlwifi-7265-16.ucode and BT…
Dmitry Grigoryev
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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 problem. Yesterday morning, when I tried to connect my…
Dilip Raj Baral
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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 : Microsoft Windows
It always fails to connect to the wifi…
akshaykumar6
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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 laptops) WLAN profiles?
WirelessKeyView can export the…
William C
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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 the wireless tools in Linux, such as iwconfig,…
oh.dae.su
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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 but it didn't work, the only way to get my wifi…
user2132188
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Wifi very slow on Linux Mint 17, works fine on Windows
My wifi is working just fine on Windows in my new ASUS X450L notebook but is unbearably slow (often becoming unresponsible) on my dual boot Linux Mint 17. I believe it is a problem with the drivers.
uname -a
Linux bernardes-PC 3.13.0-37-generic…
Hoffmann
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Disable hosted network support in a Windows WiFi driver
What
How can I alter my Surface Pro's WiFi adapter to remove its support for the Hosted Network feature in Windows? I don't want to disable the hosted network feature for ALL adapters, just for one. I want to do this so that it will use a different…
AndASM
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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 automatically so I never put much thought into it.
System…
square_eyes
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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 information isn't coming from the client, but is determined…
Dave
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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 resulted in much less numbers for Ping (17ms) and…
Timka
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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 fine but there was no driver for the wireless…
Griffin
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