Wireless local area networking, also known as "Wireless Internet"; stands for "WIreless FIdelity"
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Start/stop internet sharing from a script?
Is there a way to start/stop internet sharing from the command line or maybe an apple script?
The thing is that I move around my laptop between home and work. At one place I get wireless internet ...
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How can I create an ad-hoc connection from my Macbook Pro wifi connection?
My Macbook Pro using a Wifi internet connection & I would like to share this connection to other systems in my house. When I tried to configure by myself I don't see the usual "airport" option to ...
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What are the risks of connecting a MacBook to an insecure wireless network?
What privacy and security risks am I exposing myself to when I connect my MacBook to an open insecure wireless network?
Are there any risks that are worse or better when compared to a Windows PC ...
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How can I stream files to my iPad?
I have loads of videos and music on my computer, which I want to watch on my iPad.
However, I want to stream it to it, so I can grab what I feel like watching rather than having to preload ...
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How can I mirror my iPad display wirelessly?
I am looking to display my iPad screen wirelessly to an external display to demo applications. I found this video showing exactly what I want to do with an iPhone but no explanation as to what the ...
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How can I wirelessly transfer photos from my iPhone to my computer without using Photostream?
Sometimes I take a quick photo with my iPhone's camera and I need to get it onto my iMac.
I'd love to do this wirelessly (like syncing and everything else).
I'm aware that iCloud's Photostream should ...
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My MacBook Pro loses its connection to my WiFi router
I've set up a brand-new internet connection with a Wireless Router.
The thing is that :
It works all the time for my iMac
It stops working at times on my MacBook Pro (either when connected
via ...
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Internet stops working frequently on OS X Lion
After upgrading to Lion, I started experiencing this issue:
Internet stops working frequently.
- I open Safari and browse for some time
- Suddenly I can't open any sites; Internet will stop ...
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Can I use my iPhone as a hotspot on Wifi (instead of 3G)?
I would like to use my jailbroken iPhone as a hotspot for my MacBook. It works well when my 3G internet is enabled. But when I disable it, the hotspot menu becomes unavailable... even if my iPhone is ...
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Google on my iOS devices is stuck in a different region than I live in
For some reason, my browser always defaults to New Zealand. I've reset my location in the Store and in the settings, but it always pulls up google.co.nz when doing a search and the default map centers ...
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Can I force my iOS device to connect to 1 Wifi network over another
We have 2 wifi networks quite close to each other in our workplace, but I need to connect my iphone or ipad to 1 over the other out of preference. It's fine for myself as I can simply change wifi ...
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How can I tell which band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) my iPhone's WiFi connection is on?
I have two access points for the same network in my house, with some overlap. One runs on 2.4GHz only, and one transmits both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
I have an iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.0.1), which supports ...
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Internet Sharing stuck on after 10.7.3 update
I use Internet Sharing at work to create a local WiFi network (sharing the GigE connection) for my various iOS and tablet devices to connect through. After the 10.7.3 update, I cannot turn sharing off ...
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How do I troubleshoot my Wi-Fi connection when an exclamation mark appears?
Sometimes, when I am in a public Wi-Fi an exclamation mark appears in the greyed out Wi-Fi icon.
I can connect to the Wi-Fi (I get assigned an IP address), but I cannot establish an internet ...
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To let a Mac automatically use Wifi and Ethernet to double the connection speed?
I am staying at a hotel, and for some reason, I think they limit each Wifi connection to 95 kbyte / s. So that is roughly 1.2 Mbps... and since I have 18 Mbps at home, I am using a speed that is less ...
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Wi-Fi connection randomly disconnects on 2012 MacBook Air
My 2012 MacBook Air has problems with Wi-Fi – random disconnections, every few minutes.
The problems occurred with Lion, and persist after an upgrade to Mountain Lion.
It seems the Wi-Fi drops ...
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Why is my MacBook Pro constantly losing the wifi connection with my WRT150N router?
My Macbook is constantly losing its wifi connection. Sometimes it has trouble connecting, other times it connects, but I obtain a server not found error. It seems to work reasonably well at work, but ...
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Is there a way to share a wi-fi connection over wi-fi?
The problem is that here is a router (at a cottage), which only allows 2 connections. but we need wi-fi for 8 devices. so the plan is to create another wi-fi spot to share our connection. is there a ...
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Sharing a VPN connection using Internet Sharing (via Airport)
Internet Sharing from my MacBook Pro (10.6.6) to other WiFi devices works fine.
But the moment I turn on the VPN connection (PPTP) on the Mac (which I would also like to share), the other devices ...
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Is there an application like Connectify for Mac OS X Lion?
There is a well known app for Windows named: Connectify, used to share a wifi connection between a computer that only has wifi with other devices which requests that connection from the computer.
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Have to reconnect to WiFi every time computer goes to sleep
I recently purchased a new MacBook Air (2011) with Lion preinstalled. There is this persistent and incredibly annoying problem that is occurring with the WiFi. Every time I close the lid or let the ...
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How do I share a Wi-Fi connection via a Wi-Fi hotspot?
This question is an extension of this question. While my answer did answer the question, there was one part that wasn't answered: how do I share a Wi-Fi connection via a Wi-Fi hotspot?
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Why doesn't Airport reconnect after sleep or shutdown?
I have a MacBook Pro (2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, running OS X 10.6.8) that does not reconnect to its stored WiFi network after it restarts or goes to sleep. To reconnect, I need to go into System Preferences ...
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Wi-Fi has stopped working around the time 10.7.3 update. Might they be related?
I have a MacBook Air which was working fine. Now I have awful network issues since the 10.7.3 update.
My home router is a D-Link DIR-615. I was securing the Wi-Fi network using WEP which worked great ...
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Share iPhone WIFI with computer over USB?
Due to a water leakage, we had to move offices temporarily. In our temp offices, we have WIFI network, but not cabled network (yet).
Since my computer doesn't have WIFI (it's a stationary desktop) I ...
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MacBook Pro Encountering High Latency
I'm encountering latency trouble with my 15" 2011 Macbook Pro (running 10.6.7) when on an 802.11n (5GHz) wireless network hosted by a Time Capsule (version 7.5.2). When I ping the Time Capsule, the ...
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Macbook Pro frequently experiences drops in WiFi connection with Linksys WAG120N
I have a non-retina mid-2012 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and this issue has been plaguing me for a while.
During regular use of the laptop, while connected to my home WiFi network (to which no ...
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Enhance Wifi range on a TimeCapsule
I previously had a DLink modem-router (DSL-2740B). I replaced it with a small ADSL D-Link modem and a TimeCapsule.
While I'm quite happy with it, the main and only criticism I could make is the loss I ...
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How to share internet with WPA/WPA2 security?
I'm using a macmini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard to share a cable internet connection. Sharing works fine except that security is limited to 40/128 bit WEP that is insecure (can be hacked in minutes). ...
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Why doesn't my Macbook detect network after sleep?
every time that my 2007 macbook with lion goes to sleep, either manually (closing the lid) or timing out, i have to restart my computer to connect to the wireless network. It fails to detect any ...
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I cannot connect to internet but my MacBook Pro detects the network and my HP computer works fine on the same network
My MacBook Pro, for some reason, detects the wireless connection and I can open my Skype account without any problem BUT I cannot go to a web page. This happens on both Safari and Firefox. My HP ...
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WiFi or Bluetooth (or USB) for iPad Tethering
How do the three tethering options for the iPad compare in the following areas:
Range
Security
Speed
Power usage (both laptop and iPad)
I'm mainly looking for the difference between WiFi and ...
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How can I share Internet with my devices?
I have an iMac, that has Internet access via Ethernet cable (no Wi-Fi).
I know that my iMac has a Wi-Fi access point.
How can I share the iMac's Internet connection with an iPad?
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Use the Airdrop network to access a computer?
I'm using airdrop to transfer files and stuff to another macbook. Looking at the output of ifconfig, I can see that airdrop creates a VNIC to communicate with the other computer.
Is there a way I ...
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Is it possible to jury-rig Internet Sharing to share an internet connection wirelessly, when my Mac already connects to the internet wirelessly?
I am trying to set up an internet sharing on my Mac so I can have a 'temporary hotspot' with lesser security so I can connect a DS to the internet when I want it, without changing my router's security ...
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MacBook Air wifi NIC: supported channels
I've had a problem with my Wi-Fi connection to a TP-Link router from MacBook Air. It has been solved by manually changing Wi-Fi channel on the router from "Automatic" to an average value.
What ...
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MacBook Air: Can't connect to my TP-Link wifi router
I have a MBA 13" mid 12, OS X 10.7.5. It often completely ignores my Wi-Fi network, not showing it in the list of available networks (my Linux boxes and Android devices are connecting perfectly).
I ...
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Internet Sharing Issues (WiFi to Ethernet)
For some reason my internet sharing has decided to stop working. It was perfectly fine about a day ago, no issues, no hiccups, but today it differs. It won't work at all.
I'm connecting my MacBook ...
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How to auto join my hidden SSID home network from my iPhone on iOS5
Ever since upgrading to iOS 5 my iPhone(s) have problems auto joining my home wifi network.
They seem to auto join it for a few days and then it just stops working. The phone can still see the wifi ...
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Macbook (unibody plastic) won't reconnect to wifi after setting up new router while other devices do just fine
I recently upgraded to a Wireless-N capable router (Linsys WRT160N) from a Wireless-G model. Everything was fine and dandy with the G, but I needed a stronger signal strength in my living room and ...
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Why is my iPhone unable to connect to an ad hoc wifi network?
I'm trying to connect my iPhone 3G(iOS 4.0.2) to an ad hoc wifi network that I've created on my netbook(running Fedora 13). When I attempt to connect, everything seems to go fine on both ends, ...
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How can I disable automatic scanning for WiFi networks?
The objective is to strengthen the WiFi reception (at the moment without additional hardware).
I live in an area with a 100+ radio signals.
Majority is useless (to low signal) but still scanned and ...
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Wi-Fi Connection sharing on Macbook Air via USB dongle
In my room I can only connect one device to the wifi router. In order to connect all my devices, I thought of connecting my macbook air to the router, then have a USB dongle connected to the macbook ...
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Can I use wifi on my iPhone 3G without a sim card? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you use an iPhone without a SIM card as an iPod Touch?
I bought an iPhone 3G that is currently off and doesn't have a sim card. Is there any way I can enable the ...
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When an old iPhone 3 can connect to WiFi but not associated with a Cell Phone carrier, can it still send files?
I have an old iPhone 3 that was using AT&T as the phone carrier. But since June 2010, I started using the iPhone 4 and that iPhone 3 has no phone carrier any more.
It connects to my home network ...
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How can I get the name of connected devices on an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station?
I can see who is connected to my base station by going to Advanced>Logs and Statistics. http://cl.ly/2l0p0w223q1E3T1H0B0w
What I'd like to know is who/what device is connected by device name without ...
