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Wireless local area networking, also known as "Wireless Internet"; stands for "WIreless FIdelity"
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Why does my iPhone keep asking me for passwords for random WiFi networks?
Turn Wifi Off and On. If this does not solve it:
Turn Ask to Join Networks On and Off. … If this does not solve it:
Turn Wifi Off, turn Ask to Join Networks Off, and reboot your phone, then turn Wifi On
If none of the above solves it, I would consider connecting to iTunes, backing up your …
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Can I force Mac OS X to select certain Wifi network?
You could also uncheck the "Remember networks this computer has joined", in combination with "Ask to join networks", ensuring that the one you want is in your preferred list.
This will then mean the …
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How do i find my WiFi password when i am already connected but it doesnt show
At present, there is no way to find out, but I am offering this as an answer anyway despite it being covered by the linked answer:
1) If you have a Mac connected to the same network, you can find the …
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How to easily and completely disable/enable WLAN (so it cannot be turned on again while trav...
Try to create a new user account without any WIFI passwords stored etc, and force yourself to have to log out or switch users to procrastinate. This isn't perfect, and it probably won't work. … As you say, you know the passwords by heart, so perhaps you will have to do something like set a static IP that won't route over the WIFI even if you connect because it will be different from the DHCP …
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Do all computers/devices connected to an airport extreme run at the same speed?
It's flat out wrong, you can go into Airport Utility, check the connected clients list and see the connection speed and quality of all devices which will vary greatly.
The only time slowest common de …
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How to use Wake On Demand?
You need another computer to try to access the sleeping Mac for something. The easiest way to test this is with a dedicated WOL client testing program like this from another machine on the LAN. I no …
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Can I use wifi on my iPhone 3G without a sim card?
Yes, this works fine. Just use it as normal, so long as it is not in Airplane Mode it should be no different to having one in. You may see the odd "no sim card" message at the lock screen, but just …
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Airport Router DHCP Client Identification
Attached to it are an Airport Express (802.11n 1st Gen Single Band) which is connected by and extends WiFi over it's wired ethernet, and also an Airport Extreme (802.11n 2nd Gen Single Band) which extends …
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Wifi/Bluetooth/Ethernet all mixed up in Sys Prefs
So I looked into it, and noticed my wifi indicator has gone missing from my menu bar. … I have rebooted, turned wifi on and off, and it's staying the same. …
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Airport Extreme suffering wildly inconsistent speeds between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz
I have an Airport Extreme (will find actual version number later, as it's not able to tell from Airport Utility any more) that runs a 2.4 and 5 ghz network. The 5Ghz one is almost always fast, but th …
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Airport Router DHCP Client Identification
It's also worth noting that some devices that are able to use Wake On LAN over wifi and that are currently in a sleep state will register at a Physical layer, so the router is able to send the relevant …
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Use the Airdrop network to access a computer?
AirDrop is limited to the sending and receiving of file only, and cannot be hijacked for any other purpose. It's one of those "Do 1 thing well, and nothing else" tools. There may be other software a …
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Multiple simultaneous wifi connections
I'm not near a Mac or Unix box to show, but what you will see is a network interface that might be called say "en0" (Ethernet0) which is a physycal interface (may be wifi, or cabled) and a further one …
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How to disable automatic wifi connection?
The only way to stop from automatically joining a preferred, or known, wi-fi network, is to not store the password for that network and type it in each time without clicking the "save password" button …
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iPad iOS 6.1.3 suddenly very weak wifi signal
After a re-image, then to rule out any configuration issues, try to connect to the WiFi source without restoring your data. If it works, then perform a restore and check again. … If it's still not working, then my hunch is that maybe you have accidentally caused the wifi antenna connection to disconnect internally - serious question, can you identify any faint rattle type noise …