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Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions
Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable. An updated web-searchable no-login web-search archive that reports a unique URL will need to be...
 
Desktop PC to Android Mobile Hotspot - What do you use for the Gateway?
Desktop PC to Android Mobile Hotspot - What do you use for the Gateway? 1. My Windows 10 desktop has no Wi-Fi card. 2. So I Ethernet out to an old router acting as a wireless client bridge. 3. This...
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Can you hotspot and make/receive carrier phone calls at the same time?
Here's the situation I'm wondering if it will work on the road (example: traveling in a car far away from any known Wi-Fi AP). Phone 1 has a SIM with data & voice. Phone 2 has nothing but Wi-Fi (no...
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13 days . . .
* george washington's 292nd birthday * 512 years after amerigo vespucci died * usenet bids farewell to google groups . . . countdown timers (and probably sports betting, office pools, etc.) are...
 
Streaming out the back of your home router
I don't know what I'm doing so that's why I'm asking the question. I can easily download movies (don't ask how if you're going to preach). My sister wants to stream some movies on her phone that I...
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Android debugging tools to find noise source on Wi-Fi wireless bridge with Windows
I'm relatively new to wireless networking & ask you for debug advice. Everything is working but there are errors I'm trying to figure out. that "wireless bridge client repeater" is bridged 1:1 to an...
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Netgear R7000 Wired Repeater Range Extender
Which mode is used to set up a router as a wired repeater? I downloaded the manual but it doesn't explain how to set up the Netgear R7000 as a _wired_ repeater (aka wired range extender). are four...
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Connecting to local Windows CIFS/SMB share from non-root Android for read/write file access
After creating a CIFS/SMB share on a Windows PC on my LAN, and after setting the properties for that Windows share to be openly visible by "Everyone" with "Read/Write" permission with no password,...
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Why does Microsoft maintain an SSID AP _optout_ out Wi-Fi sense database if they're not using it?
If Microsoft truly stopped using the SSID "_optout_" directive in the 2016 anniversary addition of Windows10, then why then do they maintain this? <>That site was kindly confirmed by Andy Burns in the...
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How did Malibu Media find the exact GPS LOCATION of an IP address 100% of the time WITHOUT contacting the ISP?
*How did Malibu Media 100% determine GPS LOCATION of an IP address* *WITHOUT contacting the ISP*? <>A discussion today on the phone ngs was about copyright infringement and I went to look up the fact...
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Tutorial: How to make a 1-tap shortcut to Samsung Roaming on/off settings when the activity is NOT in the Android settings package
Moments ago in this thread, TheRealBev discussed "Roaming" settings. <>I just made a one-tap shortcut to the Galaxy setting for Roaming=on/off. <>Note that this activity is NOT found in the Android...
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Tutorial: How to make a 1-tap Google Maps or OSMAnd+ homescreen shortcut to your HOME location
Voila! *One-tap shortcuts to any destination you frequent.* <>How to make a one-tap Google Maps homescreen shortcut to any location (without ever needing any login account on the Google servers)...
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[Privacy] How do we turn off Google's (recent?) employment of cell-tower geolocation data in the Google Maps app?
Does anyone here have more technical information as to how Google Maps obtains your location using cell tower data as described in this reference? *How Maps finds your current location* <> Maps...
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Westel 7500 Modem/Router WiFi Issue
Hi, I have 2 identical Westel 7500 DSL modem/routers. One I have been using for 11 years. The other is my backup in case something goes wrong with my first one. Note: Every two years, I "power up" the...
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How to wake up a USB drive attachted to TP Link Router
I have a big thumb flash drive plugged into a TP-LINK Touch P5 router (yes obscure router with only the original firmware release). It takes incoming connections VIA Windows 10/11 and Samba V1 to do...