Questions tagged [wireless]

Wireless refers to the technology allowing transfer of information between two points that are not physically connected.

Wireless technologies allow the transfer of data between two points that have no physical connection. Traditionally, those physical connection are made in copper wires hence the term "wire-less".

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Is there a standard that defines what is a valid SSID and password?

We are developing a wireless n/w configuration UI and need to check if a SSID is a valid one? Are there any restrictions on the character set? length ? anything more..
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In-House App Disappears After Install

I'm currently building an iPhone app for a client which will be distributed in-house. My Client has just created their Enterprises Developer account in Apple. I have created a website for the client to download test versions of the app wirelessly,…
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How can I get a list of available wireless networks on Linux?

I would like to get a list of the wireless networks available. Ideally this would be via some C call, but I don't mind if I have to kludge it with a system call. Even better if the required C call or program doesn't require some exotic 3rd party…
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iOS 4: wireless app distribution for in-house applications

According to the apple website iOS 4 should support wireless app distribution. I have been unable to find any documentation at all on how to host your applications for users to download them over wifi/3g. We are currently enrolled in the standard…
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How to connect wireless network adapter to VMWare workstation?

How can I connect wireless network adapter to VMWare workstation ?(My Host OS is Windows 7 Ultimate, my Guest OS is Fedora 13 & my VMWare version is 6.5.0) I'm running Windows 7 on my Dell Vostro A860 laptop & my wireless network adapter is Atheros.
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Open wireless settings from app

I want to open the Settings-> Wireless & networks directly from my application. How can I do that?
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Wifi Triangulation

What would be the best way to triangulate a wireless network passively. Are there tools available? Algorithms? Libraries? My goal would be to create a relative map of various objects that sends or receive signals using signal strength (DB's),…
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How can an iPhone access another non-iPhone device over wireless or Bluetooth?

I'm trying to figure out if an iPhone can connect to another non-iPhone device over wireless or Bluetooth and have seen conflicting information. Much of what I've found was before version 3.0 of the SDK came out, when it certainly wasn't possible.…
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Get SSID of the wireless network I am connected to with C# .Net on Windows Vista

I'd like to know if there is any .Net class that allows me to know the SSID of the wireless network I'm connected to. So far I only found the library linked below. Is the best I can get or should I use something else? Managed WiFi…
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failed to authenticate to | adb wifi

When connecting a device with ADB Wireless, got failed to authenticate to adb devices gives the device shows up as unauthorized.
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Will two devices connected to the same wifi, talk via the access point for communicating with each other?

If two devices A and B are connected to same wifi via access point C, and if A pings B, will those packets be directly picked up by B or will they be captured by C and then retransmitted such that B can capture them? Using wireshark to capture…
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adb device offline with ADB wireless

For some reasons, my phone does not work anymore with cable. I saw on the Internet that it is possible to connect adb to the via Wifi, however I tried it and I get this: adb devices List of devices attached 192.168.1.2:5555 offline I search…
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Programmatically changing wireless router settings - Netgear ideally

Is it possible to programmatically change settings on a Netgear wireless router using C#? I have settings that I change often and I would like to create my own interface for making those changes. Currently I navigate to the admin web page…
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Why is Wi-Fi called en0, like ethernet, on a Mac OS X?

Linux has been my main system for years now. In Linux, ethernet hardware devices have names like eth0 or enp1s0 (the latter I've only seen on Arch Linux). The wireless card has always had names like wlan0 or wlp2s0 (again the latter on Arch). On my…
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Can we run flutter app wirelessly on iOS device?

In Xcode I'm able to connect iOS device wirelessly but not in android studio. Can anyone know how to do in android studio if it is possible?
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