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wireless local area network (WLAN)

A wireless local area network (WLAN) links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method (typically spread-spectrum or OFDM radio), and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network. Most modern WLANs are based on IEEE 802.11 standards, marketed under the Wi-Fi brand name.

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Wireless router with vpn server

I'm searching for a WLAN (Wifi) Router that can be used as VPN server as well for my home office. Any good suggestions?
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WLAN profile GPO settings and saved user credentials

We are distributing wireless profiles in our Windows domain (AD servers are 2012, domain level is 2008, various client Windows versions - mostly Win7 and Win10). However, it seems we just cannot achieve the goal we want to achieve regarding saved…
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Ping not echoed, but tcpdump sees it

I'm working on getting a Raspberry Pi setup on a WPA2-Enterprise network. Right now it gets an IP address from the DHCP server on both eth0 and wlan0. This pi is going somewhere where it can't reach an ethernet port, so it needs to work over wifi. I…
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Which Layer of the OSI model is responsible for encryption in WLANS?

Since WEP and WPA/WPA2 encrypt the payload of 802.11 MAC frames and we know that MAC goes under the Data Link Layer (Layer 2), can we also assume that encryption occurs in Layer 2 as well? At least with protocols such as HTTPS I know for sure that…
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How to split LAN into two separate LANs using same internet connection

I have a router ZyXEL P-660HN-T3A and Switch ZyXEL GS1100-24 and I need to separate 2 ports on switch so clients connected to this ports can't see/access the others. I need the same thing to do with my wifi "from" zyxel p-660hn. Is VLANs the way to…
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Need to guarantee 99.9% network uptime for ~50 computers. Is WLAN feasible?

Our current setup in our office uses a single router with 13 computers connected through wired interfaces. We are out of free ports and we need to support an additional 30-50 computers. We need to guarantee at least 99.9% network connectivity uptime…
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How do I create a certificate for WLAN users?

I would like to create a certificate system to add security to a small business wireless network. I understand that certificates can be used as authentication on a WLAN. Does anyone know how to do this??
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Can't get IP from DHCP on MacPro

In little office, with 4 people, I'm setting a LAN with these equipment : NAS Printers Router cisco RV130W 4 Macintosh Pro 1 Windows 10 laptop Internet modem When the Mac are on modem network, DHCP works well, on LAN and WLAN. Cisco router is…
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How to use the mode master with the ath5k driver?

In this page, they says that we can use the AP mode with the ath5k driver since linux 2.6.31 I am using Ubuntu Karmic with : linux 2.6.31-16-generic I would like to share my eth0 WAN connection creating a wlan0 LAN. Browsing on the Internet, I saw…
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Wireless Hosted Network client isolation

I would like to know if there is an option to enable/disable client isolation when using the Wireless Hosted Network feature, present in most windows 7 laptops with a capable wireless adapter, and what is its official default behavior. I can't…
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Disable automatic Windows Update for WLAN Clients

I'm looking for a way to disable automatic Windows-Updates on Windows 7 when connected to the internet wirelessly. The clients are all connected to a 2008 R2 Domaincontroller. Doing a quick google search, i couldnt find anything at all. There has to…
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Connect multiple times to the same wifi network

Is it possible to connect multiple times (with different MAC addresses) to the same wifi network with just one network card? Is there already a tool to do this?
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Cisco Aironet AP1260 can't reach FreeRADIUS server

I have a problem with a Cisco Aironet AP1260 standalone access point and a FreeRADIUS server. I'm trying to set up a 802.11x access point with authentication on a FreeRADIUS server. I have set up both AP and server, created a temporal user in…
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802.11n router supporting 802.11n as WAN connection?

I have an existing 802.11n WLAN router with an Ethernet connection as its upstream WAN connection (router A). I would like to get another 802.11n WLAN router (router B) and have it use router A as its upstream WAN connection. Router B needs to…
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Cisco ISE Wlan user authentication fails for users with umlaut

We have setup a Cisco Identity Services Engine to manage WLAN access for our users. Access should be granted to users from a specific Windows Active Directory group. This works fine for users having a username consisting only of ASCII letters.…
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