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Easiest way to change your MAC address (unrooted)
What is the easiest way to temporarily change your MAC address (for privacy reasons) on an unrooted iOS or Android device? As you all know, the hardwired MAC address of your WiFi NIC is (essentially)...
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range extender and mac addresses
I've recently been trying to use an Edimax EW-7438RPn (v1; it was going cheap and has been in the bottom drawer for a while :-) My dhcp server is complaining about IP's moving mac address...
 
Is there a way to get WiFi NOISE levels for a mobile device?
Is there a way to get WiFi NOISE levels for a mobile device? My daughter is traveling in Europe with a friend, where my daughter has the Nexus 5 while her friend has one of the newer iPhones (I don't...
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Kid is traveling in Europe, -90dB, what's the sensitivity Nexus 5
My daughter is traveling in Europe with the Google Nexus 5 and is getting a WiFi signal strength of -90dB using InSSIDer. She can't connect to the WiFi at that signal strength. I looked up the...
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Does the mac book pro tell a WAP to power back?
Hi All, I have a customer with a Mac Book Pro. On two separate Netgear "router/hub/Wireless Access Points", after changing the wireless channel, about five minutes later the (radio strength) power...
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slow connecting to some sites on some computers
My wife's OS X 10.7 iMac starts to download a site with safari. The blue pr ogress line move a little then stalls. I have no problems on my OS X 10.10 MacBook Pro. This has been happening for about...
 
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Need help extending home wifi using Ubiquiti nanobeam M2 radio
Need help extending home wifi using Ubiquiti nanobeam M2 radio I am trying to set up a brand new Ubiquiti NanoBeam M2 radio to act as a wifi extender to extend my Internet connection a few hundred...
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My laptop crashed - maybe heat? - How can I get logs or warned?
Is there a way to get a warning when the computer will crash (perhaps due to heat) or at least read a log file that tells me why? In the past month, at least twice, maybe 3 times of constant running,...
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WPA2(AES+TKIP) more secure than WPA(TKIP only)?
Does allowing TKIP encryption for WPA2 (as opposed to AES only) effectively "downgrade" its security to that of WPA (using TKIP only)? I have a device on my private, WPA-configured WiFi network that...
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Linksys RE4000W?
Hello. Is a Linksys RE4000W a good wireless extender to get and use with a Netgear R6300 router in a big home? Also, do I need to use its CD software to set it up? Thank you in advance. :)
 
Does the laptop NIC MAC address ever get past your home broadband router?
I'm just curious if the MAC address of the laptop NIC ever gets past my home broadband router. Assuming my home broadband router is set up with the typical defaults, is there any way that the laptop's...
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speed tests that show faster speeds than my wireless connection?
How can the various internet speed test show such high speeds when my ipad or laptop is only connected at 3-5 Mbs? Shouldn't the slowest link throttle the overall speed figures to at least that or...
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Traveling in Europe (need good WiFi extension for Windows)
What is a good wifi extender solution for Windows laptops in Europe? My college-age daughter is traveling in the summer to visit old-school relatives in Europe who are still on dialup, but they live...
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Good internet is great
When I can watch video without starting & stopping, over & over again, or at all, it's wonderful. The Netgear hotspot beat the hell out of Rhino communications, but it still wasn't good enough. The...