Questions tagged [wireless-access-point]
Questions about devices that provide wireless network access to compatible devices.
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How to create a Wi-Fi Hotspot (in Access Point mode)?
How to setup an Access Point (AP) mode Wi-Fi Hotspot?
Point to be noted: Wireless access points aren't the same as ad hoc networks. They differ significantly. In short, ad hoc networks aren't ...
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How do I create a WiFi hotspot sharing wireless internet connection (single adapter)?
I know how to create a hotspot when connected to a wired network, but when I am using internet from a WiFi connection, this disconnects the wireless connection the moment I activate the hotspot.
In ...
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How to manage available wireless network priority?
I'd like to move up and down available wireless access points, setting priorities as we can do in Microsoft Windows. I can't remember to have ever succeeded in this since using network-manager. Maybe ...
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How to set up Ubuntu as wireless accesspoint?
How can I set up my WiFi to be used as wireless access point on Ubuntu Server?
I have a local Ubuntu Server, it has a wireless card in it (802.11a/b/g/n) and I really want to set it up as an 802.11n ...
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How to set up a wi-fi hotspot with an Ubuntu laptop (access point mode)?
I've read this article, and carefully followed the instructions provided. I am sure the wireless card in my laptop supports going into wireless access point mode.
But unfortunately, when I use the ...
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How do I create a non-adhoc wifi hotspot?
I wanted to use my desktop with a wired ethernet connection (eth0) to operate my "TP-LINK TL-WN722N" USB Wifi Adapter (wlan0) as a non-adhoc (infrastructure mode) access point for my Android to ...
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detailed how to or example needed to setup an access point using netplan
As headline stated: I am looking for instructions on how to setup an access point using netplan, including setting up a bridge between eth0 and wlan0. DHCP Server would be my router, to which the ...
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How can i get my USB wifi to work after a reboot?
I have a desktop PC with Win 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 and default GRUB, also, i have a wifi USB adapter plugged which automatically connect to my personal wifi.
My problem is this:
when i boot into Win 7 ...
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How to setup a Wireless Access-Point using my laptop's WiFi card?
want to share my Laptops (running Ubuntu 10.10) Broadband with my Android (Galaxy Mini) running 2.2.1. Since Androids currently do not support ad-hoc networks so the "Create new wireless network.." ...
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How to remove access point from saved list
OS: Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome-shell
I've few access points on my saved list which I want to remove and never connect to.
I can't seem to find way to delete these.
How should I remove (at least not ...
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AP mode with wpa_supplicant
I am trying to set the Wifi adapter (Qualcomm Atheros Sparrow 802.11ad) in Ubuntu 16.10 with Kernel v4.8 to work in AP mode using wpa_supplicant v2.4. I do the following steps:
I create a ...
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Network Manager icon disapear 14.04
After installing hostapd (Ubuntu 14.04) Network Manager icon disappears. Even after removing hostapd, still Network Manager icon is not appearing.
During boot up:
Waiting up to 60 seconds to ...
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How to bridge a wireless interface with another wireless interface (both on the same computer)?
Ubuntu 14.04
Basically I am trying to accomplish the following setup -
wireless internet ---> wlan0 of Ubuntu computer "bridged to" wlan1 of same Ubuntu computer ---> device with wifi
The reason ...
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wifi doesn't work directly on Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 18.04 in my PC together with Windows 10. When the WiFi works on Windows and I restart the computer to Ubuntu, the WiFi is OK even in Ubuntu. But when the computer is shuted down and I ...
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Route internet from built-in WiFi to USB WiFi adapter, which will be used as Access Point or WiFi Hotspot
My laptop is connected with internet using built-in WiFi card. I have another WiFi USB adapter. I want to create an Access point/WiFi hotspot on WiFi USB adapter.
I would like to connect multiple ...
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Is it possible to run rtl8188eu in ap mode?
i can run my wifi card (rtl8188eu) in ap mode in windows by using Realtek Wireless LAN Utility or Connectify.. But When i tried in ubuntu i got an error saying..
(32) Access Point (AP) mode is not ...
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Is there (or will be) a tethering/access point option in ubuntu phone?
Using ubuntu phone for my daily stuff now since near 2 months on nexus 4, currently on release 165.
I would like to create an access point with my uphone to connect my laptop with, but yet I don't ...
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Hybrid wireless network repeating
Summary: I'd like to use two Ubuntu computers to extend/compliment an existing wireless access point.
I have a network which currently looks a bit like this:
What the diagram doesn't show is the ...
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How can I create a hidden ad-hoc network?
My laptop is hooked up to a wired connection and that is the only way to access the network. So I setup a wireless access point on my laptop via network manager so my phone could connect to it (...
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How can I block a specific wireless network using the terminal [duplicate]
I am trying to block a specific Wireless Network such as "Router_Home" because everytime I wake up my laptop the first thing that the Network Manager does is to try connecting to this Network.
Can ...
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How to stop Wireless AP Hosting using Network Manager on Ubuntu?
I use the following script to make my netbook a full-fledged wireless access point. It creates a bridge with eth0 and wlan0 and starts hostapd.
#!/bin/bash
service network-manager stop
ifconfig ...
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How do I make Ubuntu system invisible to other systems on wireless network?
How can I hide my computer's presence from other system(s) on the same wireless network? Windows allows you to switch off network discovery (though I'm not sure if it affects the visibility on other ...
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How to create wifi hotspot from ethernet network?
My computer connected to internet via cable (Ethernet). I want to share this internet to my android phone. How to create hotspot from my computer? I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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How to set up Ubuntu Server as a wireless + ethernet router with IPv4 and IPv6
I have a computer running Ubuntu Server (14.04 but I want to upgrade to 16.04 when it becomes available) with two Ethernet interfaces and one WiFi interface.
The interfaces are:
Ethernet towards WAN:...
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Is it possible to create access point on a laptop, which is connected to router with WiFi?
Laptop #1 is connected to the router via WiFi. Laptop #2 is too far away from router to be able to connect to them. I can create a access point or Ad-hoc if I am connected to the router via wired ...
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How to specify Wi-Fi Access Point Order?
Is there a way to specify the order which Ubuntu tries APs I notice after moving around a bit I have a lot of extra AP's some which I use more than others I'd like to push some to the top of the list ...
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Wifi hotspot disconnected after some time
I am trying to use my Ubuntu system as Wifi Hotspot, but for some reason Hotspot get disconnected on its own. Searching for the solution, I found this help : Why is my ethernet connection connecting ...
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Configure a 5GHz channel for Wireless Access Point with hostapd in 16.04 LTS?
I want to make a WiFi Access Point with Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, hostapd and this PCIe WiFi card which supports 802.11a/b/g/n:
Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)...
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If I make a hotspot and connect my mobile to my laptop, can an ISP detect it?
I am running a hotspot using the create_ap bash script on Ubuntu. Is there any way for an ISP to detect the devices connected to a computer on which a hotspot is made?
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How to set Ubuntu as wireless accespoint in the GUI way?
My aim is to make my Ubuntu machine be a wireless accesspoint using wifi. Of course I found two AskUbuntu questions already treating that; this one and that one.
Nevertheless, as far as I am ...
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Can an Intel Wireless 7260 work as Access Point?
Is there any way to make an Intel Wireless 7260 (rev 73) to work as Access Point?
I couldn't find anything useful around. I'm on Ubuntu 13.10, and under /lib/firmware there are:
iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode
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Hotspot Access Point under Ubuntu / LUbuntu 16.04 with DHCP Server
My goal is to set up an Access Point under Lubuntu 16.04, which assigns IPs to clients dynamically via DHCP. No internet connection sharing or stuff like that. Just the Lubuntu machine which runs e.G. ...
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aquaris e4.5 as hotspot
I've had my phone Aquaris E4.5 for a week now and find that it works really well.
I miss however the possibility of using it as HOTSPOT.
Whether it's WiFi or USB does not matter.
I should be able to ...
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Ubuntu linking two wireless networks and sharing internet connexion
I must at first say that I'm a total noob regarding networking.
I have two wifi adapters (wlan0 and wlan1).
wlan0 is connected to a wireless router that is not connected to internet.
wlan1 (a long ...
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How could I configure and properly create a WiFi hotspot in a big corporate lan?
I've went through some tutorials regarding how to build a hotspot under Ubuntu. My Ubuntu is connected in a big corporate lan and will post settings later.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/...
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How do I set up a logging server for Access Points?
I have a linksys AP, nothing fancy, but it does have a logging utility.
How do I make that send the logs my Ubuntu 12.04 server.
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How to create a wifi hotspot in Ubuntu Server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to set up ubuntu as wireless accesspoint?
I have to network interfaces, eth1 and wlan0.
eth1 is connected to the Internet. I need wlan0 to serve as a hotspot sharing ...
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Linksys WMP54GS-EU wireless card not detected
I have just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my PC but Wireless Card Linksys WMP54GS-EU is not detected.
It says "there is no firmware".
On System - Administration - Extra Drivers I found only the Video ...
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Connection ADSL PPPoE + 108M Wireless Access Point TP-Link
In Window is simple:
1) I create a a new connection (RDS) as PPPoE and configure with username and password.
2) I have a wireless access point tp-link I plug my cable and my laptop is connected on ...
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Quickly switching between access points using Netplan and NetworkManager
I am working on a mobile robot base that uses a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Server 22.04. It receives commands from a stationary server, so it must have a reliable connection to the network at all ...
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BCM4352 wifi driver with AP mode
I have a dell xps 13 with a Broadcom BCM4352 chipset:
lspci -nn
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
I am ...
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WiFi Hotspot + Simultaneous VPN connections
I am trying to configure a setup on my Ubuntu 16.10 Desktop PC. So I have many iPod Touch's which can use WiFi to connect to a network. I want to host a WiFi Hotspot on my Ubuntu and connect my iPod ...
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Hotspot made by Ubuntu is not visible in any Android phone [closed]
I tried to create a hotspot from network manager. The hotspot started correctly but it is not visible in any android phone.
I tried this solution and followed the steps as given, but it didn't work.
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Cannot create Access Point on Ubuntu 14.04 [Wireless card BCM4352]
I am unable to create wireless access point on my Ubuntu 14.04. I have BCM4352 wireless card.
on running command iw list , I find that AP is not listed on supported interface modes.
How can I get ...
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Hostapd Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
I'm getting this error launching hostapd with minimal conf
Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
I've just installed Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04. When I was using Ubuntu 12.04 did not receive this kind ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 impacting wireless speed of other devices
I am having hp-pavilion g7-1310 us laptop and am using ubuntu 12.04 in it. I also have wireless router at my home using which I connect my laptop for internet. I also use that router to connect to ...
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My laptop can not access internet after setup bridge with wired NIC and wireless NIC [closed]
I setup a bridge using wired NIC and wireless NIC in order to make wireless NIC as a Wi-Fi AP to share wired internet access, after setup successfully, the Wi-Fi AP works as my expectation, but my ...
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How to create a non-nat access point with nmcli?
I am trying to create what is essentially a home router with nmcli. I would like the client devices that connect to be on the same subnet regardless of whether they connect with ethernet or wifi. ...
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What is meant by no wireless extension?
Whenever I type iwconfig. Some of the network interface cards show no wireless extension. What does it possibly mean ?
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Turning laptop into WAP using netgear WNA1100? (stuck at hostapd)
I have a Netgear WNA1100 usb wifi adapter. I have installed Atheros driver from Forum Details (btw name of the file is ath9k_htc-installer.1.0.1-maverick-fixed.deb).
I wish to make a setup like ...
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