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  2. Fix problems reading or receiving AOL Mail

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    Temporarily disable your firewall. Your firewall or other security software may be preventing you from connecting to AOL. Temporarily disable your firewall and check whether or not you're able to connect to the internet. If your firewall software isn't on the list linked, you will need to contact your firewall software provider for additional info.

  3. Restore your browser to default settings - AOL Help

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    Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage. Confirm what info your browser will eliminate before resetting and make sure to save any info you don't want to lose. • Restore your browser's default settings in Edge

  4. PRIVATE WiFi Mobile FAQs - AOL Help

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    Feel confident surfing, sharing, shopping, and banking from your mobile device knowing you are better protected. Activate your PRIVATE WiFi Mobile by AOL benefit now to: Automatically activate every time you connect to the Internet or an unsecured network; Receive protection that runs invisibly in the background while you surf, shop, and bank ...

  5. Wi-Fi Direct - Wikipedia

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    The widespread adoption of Wi-Fi in new classes of smaller devices made the need for ad hoc networking much more important. Even without a central Wi-Fi hub or router, it would be useful for a laptop computer to be able to wirelessly connect to a local printer. Although the ad hoc mode was created to address this sort of need, the lack of ...

  6. Personal area network - Wikipedia

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    A cell phone connected to a laptop using the USB interface, letting them communicate with each other, is a simple example of a wired personal area network (PAN) Wired personal area networks provide short connections between peripherals. Example technologies include USB, IEEE 1394 and Thunderbolt. [citation needed]

  7. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    A private hotspot, often called tethering, may be configured on a smartphone or tablet that has a network data plan, to allow Internet access to other devices via password, Bluetooth pairing, or through the moeex protocol over USB, or even when both the hotspot device and the device[s] accessing it are connected to the same Wi-Fi network but ...

  8. Fix problems signing in to AOL Mail

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    Cookies are little bits of info stored in your browser to allow websites to load quicker. While this usually makes it faster to access sites, this stored info can cause some sites to have loading errors. Clear your browser's cache to reset your browser back to its previous state. Doing this will wipe out all the little unwanted bits of info ...

  9. Wi-Fi Protected Access - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Wi-Fi Easy Connect [47] as a new alternative for the configuration of devices that lack sufficient user interface capabilities by allowing nearby devices to serve as an adequate UI for network provisioning purposes, thus mitigating the need for WPS.