Wireless local area networking, also known as "Wireless Internet"; stands for "WIreless FIdelity"
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802.11n Airport Express automatically choosing to extend 5Ghz network instead of 2.4 Ghz
I have a latest model (2012, 2.4Ghz/5Ghz simultaneously) Airport Express serving WiFi for my house. I have an older model, 802.11n, Airport Express set to "extend a wireless network". On the new AE I ...
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How to increase the amount of time the wifi waits before timing out a connection?
I'm currently traveling abroad. Sometimes when connecting to a very old or a heavily used router, the connection will timeout after 2-3 seconds. I think some of these routers just need more time to ...
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iPhone tries to load local open WiFi login page over mobile data
When connecting to my college's open WiFi network my iPhone attempts to open the pop-up login page over it's mobile data.
The issue is that this page is obviously only available over the internal ...
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Apple Wifi Dropping at Random Times
I'm sure that my wifi router is fine because my macbook is the only one with this issue. I see this happen especially when i use Skype, Face Time etc. This has been going on for a month and can't ...
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iPad 2 wifi only can't send I massage
When I send a message from my iPad 2 wifi only tablet it doesn't say read or delivered and the one I am sending to doesn't receive it. But when I send it to myself I immediately receive it. Why is ...
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USB wifi antenna for MacBook Air
I am still having my problem with 109 wifi radios around my location, all with low signal.
I live in a apartment complex that provides free internet, but signal is very low at my location. The owner ...
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WiFi adapter manual settings for MTU
What can I do to optimize my reception?
For example what is the Network setting Hardware for?
If set to configure manually and lower the MTU (what is MTU anyway), will it help in better reception.
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Have OS X auto-search for WiFi
My school has installed PowerCloud, which does not officially support OS X. It works sometimes, sometimes it doesn't. I've tried to narrow it down but it's impossible. I was wondering if there is a ...
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Interference/Lag with BT Headset
I bought a pair of Logitech HBS700 bluetooth headphones which I've been trying to use with my iPad 3. The problem is, at seemingly random intervals, playback stops and I have to wait for a second ...
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How to globally set WiFi to use device management identity certificate for all users?
I'm using Apple's Profile Management service in Mountain Lion, and discovered through serendipity that an enrolled device can authenticate on EAP-TLS to our WPA2-Enterprise Wifi using the Device ...
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Wifi not working in windows if thunderbolt display is connected
I had to install windows 7 on my macbook air (...) and I'm having trouble getting it to work with the thunderbolt display.
As soon as the display is connected, the wifi doesn't work anymore. Device ...
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iMac WiFi speeds doesn't compare to other computers at home
My iMac 27" (late 2009, 10.8.2) wifi (3-4 bars) speed doesn't compare to other computers at home. The same Youtube video in 720p loads without delay on my dads computer, however on my iMac (I usually ...
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Why won't my MacBookPro8,2 (Early 2011) connect to the internet through wifi after update to Mountain Lion?
I'm having a really weird problem with my MacBookPro8,2. Ever since I updated to Mountain Lion a couple weeks ago I've been having this problem.
It will connect to my WPA network at home, I can hit ...
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Does OSX save geolocation data related to my preferred wifi networks?
Does OS X save geographic location data for my preferred WiFi networks, and if so where can I find this information?
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Time Capsule: “There was a problem connecting to the server”
I have a dream: The dream of using my MBP inside and outside my office, and having it backup to my 2TB Time Capsule when on its wireless network, or postpone backups when not on the Time Capsule's ...
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Is 3G-less iPad considerably faster on wifi than iPad 3G?
I've just experimented with three 3G-less iPads and they all were much faster than this one iPad 3G that just never goes through my 128mb download, all over the same wifi. They're also all 16gb, if ...
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Cant connect to google intermittently
Sometimes either randomly or after waking my late 2008 MacBook Pro from sleep, I won't be able to access google.com or any of the services. It's mildly annoying, but fixed by turning off my wifi, and ...
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Not able to log into the LINE VOIP service using a MacBook Air via wifi at home
I have a MacBook Air with Corei5 and it is connected to web through a netgear wifi router at home. I am able to connect to the web without any problems but I am just not able to log into LINE using ...
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Wi-Fi Sync for iOS 4.2.1 and Windows?
I've lost my data cable for my old iPod Touch 2G, so I googled a little bit and found wifi-sync, downloaded it, and it told me to get the desktop app from getwifisync.com but it doesn't exist. Is ...
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Can't see AirPlay speakers/Airport Express if ethernet is plugged in
When my Windows laptop is connected to my network via Wi-Fi only, I can see and play to various AirPlay speakers in my house (an iHome AirPlay speaker, an Apple TV, and an Airport Express). When I ...
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Mac Mini Bridging to WiFi Network
I have a Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) connected to a WiFi network, getting a DHCP address from the router (ASUS N-16 Tomato).
In addition, I have a headless Ethernet-only appliance (Arch Linux ARM) which ...
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Can I tether my iPhone 4S onto WiFi on my computer through USB?
I'm having trouble resolving issues I have on my iPhone 4S with regard to WiFi. It is unable to scan for networks. I live in Sri Lanka and technical support for iPhones is very limited. I was ...
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My Mac wont connect to a new wifi network
So I moved to a new place for my university and I attempted to connect to the wifi network. My HP laptop was able to connect instantly once I put in the wifi password. My Mac recognizes the network ...
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2010 MacBook Pro WiFi ignores DHCP answers only on a certain network
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with OS version 10.7.4
Recently, the wifi connection stopped working on my home network: it fails to get an IP address.
Everything's fine if I assign an address, the other ...
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Connects to 2.4Ghz coming out of sleep
I have an early 2011 MBP and a current generation Time Capsule. I have set up the WiFi to be dual-band with the same name.
When I boot from cold, my MBP automatically connects to the 5Ghz band as ...
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What is a USB wifi dongle/adaptor with drivers that integrate with AirPort?
I've tried the D-Link DWA-131 and Ralink-based generic adaptors available on Amazon.com such as the Rt 2571/2573. After installing the driver, they all require you to use a separate configuration ...
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Share connection over ethernet on jailbroken appletv
Would it be possible to have an (jailbroken) ATV2 share a WiFi connection over its Ethernet port? I'd say yes, but I can't seem to find any information about this.
I found this helpful, yet not, ...
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Can I wirelessly sync rented movies from Mac to iPod touch?
How can I wirelessly sync rented movies from Mac to iPod Touch?
I know the way to do that with the cable, but since Apps can be synced automatically over wifi to my iPod Touch, can it be done ...
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A way for an iPhone to automaticly login to a captive portal (auto-submit a form based on location?)
The wifi connectivity at my office is behind a captive portal; before you can use it you need to select your classification and then login using your standard security credentials. Since we require ...
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Problems with AirPort on Snow Leopard (MacBook White)
Several days ago I performed a clean installation of Snow Leopard on my MacBook White (late 2009). As usual, everything works marvelous - except for the wireless connection to the internet.
It keeps ...
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How can I fix these intermittent problems with wi-fi on my iMac?
I have several computers at home but only my iMac is having wi-fi problems - around once a day wi-fi stops responding. When I turn my wireless off and immediately back on, it works again. Is this a ...
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Get WET54G working with Airport Extreme Base Station with WPA2 Password
I am attempting to get my Linksys (Cisco) WET54G Wireless Ethernet Bridge working on my Airport Extreme Base Station. I know you have to connect via ethernet and change your ip settings so you can ...
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Random disconnection from Wi-Fi Network, usually after inactivity
My iPhone is jailbroken. Even though I'm not completely sure, I think it used to do this even before I installed the jailbreak.
Every time I pick up my iPhone after not using it for some time ...
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Frustating wifi problem on MacBook Pro
I have a MacBook Pro (10.6.7 with latest updates).
Next to me is a TP-LINK TL-WR841 Router.
Sometimes, it says I am connected to the network, but I can't ping anything online. Sometimes, while trying ...
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Internet connection problem wifi working fine but unable to ping anything?
I just came to a different country and suddenly I am having strange issues with my macbook air 2012's wifi. It seems to detect the wifi networks without issue but refuses to load any webpages or ...
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Frequently losing Wi-Fi connectivity
I have reproduced this problem trying Wi-Fi in a different country, at a friend's house, with another router, with a new account, with a fresh OS install.. it just keeps happening. Here my specs.. do ...
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iPhone 4 How to stop wifi from resending old messages and voicemails?
I had wifi and 3g/data service turned off. I received texts and voicemails. Later, I turned wifi on and the phone started ringing alot. I received the same texts and voicemails from earlier, creating ...
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Problems connecing to Wi-Fi on my Mac Mini
The Ethernet connection works fine. The Wi-Fi doesn't. I tried resetting and deleting the password in Keychain. That didn't help. I always get a "connection timeout" and WiFi disappears. When I ...
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How to redirect all my WiFi-hotspot users a certain IP/domain..?
Is there any OSX router software or Airport config to redirect all the users that connect to my Airport WiFi-hotspot to a certain domain or local IP?
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Wi-fi login Network Accounts are Unavailable
I work support and mainly work with PCs so my mac experience is limited. Right now one of the mac laptops we support is not utilizing the wifi at the user login screen and displaying "Network accounts ...
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Mac Mini with VPN — > Wifi — > devices
I have a Mac Mini with VPN (Witopia) which I like to share the VPN to my other devices, especially Apple TV
The following solutions won't work
Make an adhoc network
Internet Sharing (doesnt work ...
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Wake on demand: can't access through internet
I'm using Wake on Demand (not WOL) to access my mac remotely. I can wake it from the sleep state only if I am on the same network using SSH, SFTP or HTTP. I have managed to connect from internet using ...
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VPN and Wifi start with same 192.168.1.x
On my Macbook Pro I have recently added a VPN connection to the server at work. Now, my Wifi network at home uses the following IP block: 192.168.1.x as does the VPN from work.
So when my MBP tries ...
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airport express with encrypt wifi
I have an old airport-express and a wireless network at home which I'm "closing" with WEP encryption. I'm using the airport-express to listen to music playing on my iPad with the bigger speakers at ...
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Performance monitoring tools for connected devices
I am looking for something on a Mac OS using which I can monitor the performance of upto 8-10 devices connected to a MacBook using the Hot-Spot or directly via USB, etc.
Is there any single/multiple ...
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iPhone cannot recognise macbook wifi anymore
I have always been using my macbook(10.6.8) as a hotspot and everything worked fine. But of recent, my iPhone and iPod just can recognize the presence of the macbook wifi but they can't connect to it. ...
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AirPlay doesn't work when AirPort Exp. extends my network?
I have recently acquired an old first gen AirPort Express and wanted to use it solely for airplaying over to my old and amp.
I tested configuring with it's own network and works fine. The problem is, ...
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After using McDonald's public wifi (via Bell), home wifi is connected but unusable
10.8.2, 15" MBP.
I used my MBP at McDonald's and connected to their Bell wifi. The user has to open their browser, attempt to go to any website, and get intercepted by the McDonalds's T&C ...
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Read RSSI and Transmit Rate values from iPhone5?
Short and simple question: is there a way to read the RSSI and Transmit Rate values from the connected wifi network on your iPhone 5?
Thanks!
Jochen
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stuttering when sending audio (airplay) to bowers & wilkins a5 stereo
I have an iPhone 5 and a Bowers & Wilkins A5 stereo connected to an Airport Extreme. All devices are in the same room.
I get terrible stuttering from the device: it's rare if it plays audio for ...
