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Slowest wireless client dictates the connection quality of all others?

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, but I couldn't find a more appropriate StackExchange site. I heard that the quality of wireless connection follows the law of the lowest common denominator - meaning that if 10 users connect to an AP at…
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SSH host identification changes on one wireless network

I regularly connect via SSH to a remote server, from an Ubuntu system, on the default port 22. Let's call the server example.org. I am sure that this server is configured properly, and I have confirmed that the following issue is independent from my…
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Questions about overlapping wifi access points

I have a few questions about wifi. Say we have a small campus with a set of wifi access points in most buildings, one each for channels 1, 6, and 11. It's not exactly that clean, but that's the general idea anyway. However, these are mainly cheap…
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How to achieve automatic roaming between two Cisco Aironet access points?

I have two Cisco Aironet 1141 access points covering an office; the access points are configured identically (each of them with two SIDs) and are fully working; they are standalone access points, not centrally managed ones. When a client devices…
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Is there any open source solution for controlling multiple Access Points from a central server?

This question stems from an answer to one of my previous questions. In that answer, Oskar Duveborn says the following: Most likely there are some open source alternatives perhaps with custom firmware for some cheap consumer access point that…
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Creating a bridged WiFi AP (hotspot) in Centos 8 (or Fedora)

I am trying to create a bridged WiFi hotspot on a Centos 8 system, using NetworkManager. The machine is Dell EPC3000, with two built-it GigE's and ath10k wireless adapter, plus an LTE WWAN. Creating a NATted hotspot works nicely: nmcli con add type…
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Aironet 1200's Auto-Channel Feature: When should it be used?

In our building we have around 25 1200 series Aironets, with a bit of overlap in some areas. Up until this point, we have had them deployed in alternating 1/6/11 channels, but we are wondering if we would get better performance if we used the…
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Setting up an Access Point, Raspberry Pi, and Laptop to serve a website in a classroom. "The internet in a suitcase"

Our trainers experience bad internet connections at some schools. I would like to provide them with a "mobile" (as in take it on the train) version of our platform running on a laptop, which the students can connect to directly via a private WiFi…
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How can I tell when a Mac switches access points?

I want to be able to tell when a MacBook (running OS 10.5) switches from one wireless access point to another. In the building I am in, with several wireless access points (all Airport Extremes, all with the same SSID), the computer shows that it is…
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How does an Access Point handle broadcast packets from the wired side?

I have an Cisco AP 1242AG autonomous AP connected to L2 switches. Let's say I have 100 wired devices each sending 2 broadcast UDP packets per second. Obviously these packets will reach the Access Point switch port, but will the AP actually send…
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How to define a "challenging RF environment"?

I'm shopping around for some new Wi-Fi routers, and the Cisco Aironets look pretty good. There are some differentiating features between the models; in particular, the 1260 is designed for "challenging RF environments" (via the ability to add…
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Is it possible to use WPA Enterprise Mode without having to use or issue certificates?

Scenario... I have a wireless network that students use for Internet access. Each student has an Active Directory account. Is it possible to configure my APs to require them to use there AD credentials to connect to the network? If so, does that…
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Connecting a Nest Camera to Aruba Access Points (APs) backed by a Fortinet Firewall

I am having trouble connecting my Nest cameras to my network. I am running Aruba 300 series Access Points and a Fortinet firewall (which is doing the routing). The Nest cameras never connect, and there is no real way to get input on what is…
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hostapd: mapping MAC address to VLAN ID (static mapping via accept_mac_file)

I want hostapd to assign each station a given VLAN based on MAC address. BTW, my network is quite small. Using RADIUS would be an overkill. According to the hostapd manual: Optionally, the local MAC ACL list (accept_mac_file) can be used to set…
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Need to "extend" wireless signal to conference room

We have a network set up using an ASUS RT-N66U for our office with the following configuration: Private SSID (one for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) Guest SSID (one for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) Unfortunately, we've had some signal problems (the spectrum is fairly…
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