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Wireless local area networking, also known as "Wireless Internet"; stands for "WIreless FIdelity"
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How do I get these Internet/Wi-Fi details to give to tech support and is it safe?
Yes, those details are safe to provide. They are measurements of the quality of your wireless signal, and they contain no personal information.
You can view these and other details from the Wi-Fi ico …
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macOS sometimes can't connect to WiFi hotspot that's really working perfectly
I would totally remove your Wi-Fi service, restart, and add your Wi-Fi service back.
To do this:
Go to Apple > System Preferences > Network
Select the Wi-Fi service on the left-hand side
Click on t …
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Myth need to be solved: will the battery drain faster in places with poor wifi signals?
This is not a straightforward Yes or No answer. Consider the following points:
Cell reception - Having poor mobile (or cell) reception will drain your battery faster than if you don't. This is becau …
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What is the maximum WiFi speed of iPhone 6s?
All iPhone 6s models support 802.11a/b/g/n and ac Wi‑Fi with multiple input multiple output (MIMO).
The iPhone SE also supports 802.11a/b/g/n and ac Wi‑Fi (but without MIMO).
While you should get be …
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Can't switch on Wi Fi after internet sharing stops due to VPN dropout
I've seen this issue before. I'm not sure why this happens, but have found that totally removing your Wi-Fi service, restarting your Mac, and adding your Wi-Fi service back again will resolve the issu …
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macOS 10.12.4 keeps losing Wi-Fi connection
I would totally remove your Wi-Fi service, restart, and add your Wi-Fi service back.
To do this:
Go to Apple > System Preferences > Network
Select the Wi-Fi service on the left-hand side
Click on t …
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My MacBook Pro keeps disconnecting from a working wifi network. Genius can't figure it out. ...
Troubleshooting often involves a process of elimination and can require a lot of patience.
Unfortunately, when it comes to Wi-Fi connection issues there are actually a lot of variables at play, so th …
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Wifi network option is not showing up
Troubleshooting is a process of elimination and often requires quite a bit of patience. Let's proceed as follows.
Have you followed Allan's advice?
I'm assuming you've already booted into Safe Mode …
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Is there an easier way to turn wifi on and off on iOS?
You don't specify the model of iPhone you have, but the Control Centre is definitely the easiest way to toggle many functions on/off.
Typically, to access Control Centre you would swipe up from the b …
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Can dust build-up in Time Capsule (vertical model) be a fire risk (or other risk)?
In terms of being a fire risk, no, dust building up inside a Time Capsule is not a concern.
Depending on the hardware, dust can be a concern for other reasons. In the early days of computing when flo …
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Use Bluetooth access point and Wi-Fi at the same time
The key thing about this option is that in both cases (Samsung / iPhone) we're talking about a data connection to the internet (i.e. 4g and WiFi). …
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Wifi still going dead on upgrade from iOS 6?
No-one here can give you a 100% definitive answer to a question starting with Could... (if you get what I mean).
However, what I can tell you is that in most cases where an iPhone's Wi-Fi has seeming …
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Unable to connect to the internet on my iMac despite being connected to the network
Below are a number of things you can try (apologies for anything obvious, but I take nothing for granted).
Restart the iMac
Does restarting the iMac do anything? Rebooting can often resolve these ty …
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TP-Link USB Wi-Fi dongle won't detect any wireless networks
As Allan has mentioned in the comments, what you're trying to do (or perhaps how you're trying to approach this) is not possible.
Let's assume you're using Parallels (if not, it doesn't matter - this …
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What's the earliest model of the iPhone to support 802.11ac?
The earliest iPhone models to support 802.11ac were the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both introduced in September 2014. As for iPads, the iPad Air 2 was the first iPad model to support 802.11ac - intro …