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NEW HOME OF WIRELESS WIKI IS HTTP://WIRELESS.NAVAS.US A comprehensive resource on wireless access to the Internet, incl...
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posted by spamfilter1
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ALERT: WPA-TKIP isn't secure - use WPA2 instead

SUMMARY: WPA-PSK is vulnerable to offline attack. WPA-TKIP has been cracked. TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS: 1. USE WPA-AES or...
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posted by spamfilter1
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamfilter1

Is my router dying?

I have a Linksys router, WRT150N, which lately has been losing its WiFi signal. If I power down for 15 seconds it will...
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posted by bob
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by bob

Need to understand wireless gaming adapters

I just became aware of specialty WiFi devices called "gaming adapters" or "wireless bridge adapters" which convert an E...
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posted by me
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by me

Basic Understanding

I'm trying to understand the fundamentals of Wi-Fi. So far I have ascertained that the 2.4 GHz band is divided up into...
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posted by fred.burnett-btinternet.com
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by fred.burnett-btinternet.com

flipping between MAC hotspots

What does it usually mean if I connect to one MAC unsecured AP of unknown origin and in the middle of browsing my conne...
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posted by Geraldeen
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by Geraldeen

Slow McDonalds WIFI

I went to a McDonalds and connected to their WIFI on my laptop. I was using IE8 in XP Pro. The connection button said I...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jw
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by jw

Closed WiFi network; how force users to home page?

I am creating a closed WiFi network using a Linux box as an Access Point, Apache, DHCP and DNS server. How do I force a...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by geedeezy
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by geedeezy

Wireless (Internet) Wiki (FAQ)

NEW HOME OF WIRELESS WIKI IS HTTP://WIRELESS.NAVAS.US A comprehensive resource on wireless access to the Internet, incl...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by spamfilter1
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamfilter1

ALERT: WPA-TKIP isn't secure - use WPA2 instead

SUMMARY: WPA-PSK is vulnerable to offline attack. WPA-TKIP has been cracked. TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS: 1. USE WPA-AES or...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by spamfilter1
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamfilter1

Airport Express to Connect to City-wide WiFi

There is a city-sponsored wifi connection to the internet where I live. I currently use dialup for my access to the int...
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posted by none
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Neighbor's Wireless

My internet service will be shut off on Monday. I have a payment arrangement but it won't go back on until I finish pay...
18 comments posted 15yrs
posted by toni_brightman
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by toni_brightman

Cisco 1242 access point web management timeout.

I am setting up a couple of these and the web management timeout is not much more than a minute which is really annoyin...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by george
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by george