Questions tagged [wifi]
WiFi is a networking technology permitting the exchange of information through wireless (radio) connections.
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Controlling wifi power save
On some of my server systems (Debian trixie), wifi power saving causes "laggy" terminal response on the client side of the SSH connection. By "laggy" I mean that there is an ...
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kernel panic after suspend starting from kernel 6.16
I've a problem with kernel versions starting from version 6.16. it was working in kernel 6.15.
In kernel 6.15, when I put my laptop to sleep and resume from it, the Wi-Fi does not resume. So I am no ...
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I want to make a WiFi-Direct net with iwctl. Is it possible?
I've read iwd has support to WiFi-Direct (P2P-GO, P2P-Device). But I've not found any documentation about how to implement it by using its client tool iwctl. Is it possible doing that? If so, how?
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Automatically connect to ethernet when available
I want my Linux laptop to connect to ethernet automatically when the ethernet cable is plugged in. Right now, if the laptop is connected to wifi, it will stay connected to wifi even after the ethernet ...
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USB Wi-Fi dongle not able to connect to network
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I've just installed Debian 13 using the network installer over a WiFi USB dongle (https://a.co/d/ddrTljz). After booting into the OS, and trying to manage the WiFi adapter (that I used to ...
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Are there any options for the nmcli command that outputs the SSID of a wifi including, if present, trailing spaces?
I have to do a discover the available wifi networks by command line. I know the followed command nmcli to list the wifi:
> nmcli dev wifi list | less
which, on my Linux system, gives an output of ...
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wlan0 state remains down after setting ip to static
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 installed.
OS: Debian 12 Bookworm
Network Adapter: wlan0
I have installed Pi-Hole and would like to use it with my other devices. I will not be using DHCP. I have only changed ...
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Linux Mint (xfce) is not recognising ipv4 adress of router, but IS recognising ipv6
I have been having trouble connecting to this Wifi router, which is the only one available. When I do connect, I can access ipv6 but NOT ipv4. I have tried disabling and enabling ipv6 and restarting ...
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How do I make my browser/desktop environment to visit the WiFi terms page upon connection?
When we travel with a laptop, we often find ourselves in an airport, train station, or other establishment which offers free Wirless network access. But - these often require, upon connection, ...
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Install drivers for intel 7265 from source fails. How to fix?
My distro doesn't have a package for drivers for Intel's 7265, so I cloned Intel's backports repo for iwlwifi, and grabbed the firmware blob iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode.
iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode gets dropped ...
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DHCP requests not reaching router on 5Ghz networks with WCN785x Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) 320MHz 2x2, Qualcomm Technologies
I've got a new machine with an MSI MAG Z790 Tomohawk Max Wifi (MS-7E25) motherboard running Mint 22.1 (on kernel 6.14.0-29-generic), which has a Qualcomm WCN785x Wi-Fi 7 network card built in. lspci ...
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Wifi disconnects automatically when its being used for around 30 seconds
I am using GNOME 46 desktop environment and Network Manager for handling network (at least I think I am). After trying to fix WiFi not connecting automatically, I stumbled upon another issue:
When I ...
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10-error installing Broadcom driver
I have a 2011 MacBook Air with Linux Mint Xia based on Ubuntu 24.04. I checked the adapter - 14e4:43a0 - and confirmed via this guide to install bcmwl-kernel-source. I downloaded the driver on another ...
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connman: Permanently disable built-in WiFi interface
The built-in WiFi adapter on my old MacMini does not handle weak signals very well resulting in a slow connection. Therefor I'm using a USB adapter instead. After restarting the computer the output ...
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Directory system-sleep absent in Debian 13
After a fresh installation of Debian 13 my next task was to download, build and install the driver rtl8852au* for my USB WiFi adapter. A driver for this adapter is unfortunately not included in the ...
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