URGENT! How do you connect your system to wireless broadband?
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URGENT! How do you connect your system to wireless broadband?
My system is asking for details I don't know about my broadband, even rung Sky and they had never heard of Linux. Where do I find a SSID and a BSSID number? I have my cloned Mac address number off the hub. Can anyone help me please?
not sure what rung sky is but most linux menus should make it obvious where to select the wifi-routers name (ssid) -- usually click somewhere on the top-rite or bottom-rite.
My system is asking for details I don't know about my broadband, even rung Sky and they had never heard of Linux. Where do I find a SSID and a BSSID number? I have my cloned Mac address number off the hub. Can anyone help me please?
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The terms BSSID, ESSID, and SSID are all used to describe sections of a wireless network (WLAN)—the three terms have slightly different meanings. As a wireless user you are concerned only with the broadcast SSIDs that let you connect to a wireless network. As an administrator, you also need to keep track of BSSIDs and, to a lesser degree, ESSIDs.
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URGENT! How do you connect your system to wireless broadband?
