Questions tagged [gateway]

Gateway is a computer networking term. A gateway allows two or more computers to connect to the internet at the same time. While doing so, only the gateway's IP address will be visible externally. The other computers will be *hidden* behind the gateway.

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What does "On-link" mean on the result of "route print" command?

I'm using Windows 7. When I type "route print" under command prompt, I get a IPv4 Route Table with several "On-link" values under the Gateway column. For example, like this one: IPv4 Route Table =====...
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What's the difference between "default gateway" and "preferred DNS server"?

TCP/IP Properties of a network connection in Windows Server 2003 has two different options, "Default gateway" and "Preferred DNS server".
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remote ssh tcpdump command, through a gateway, to be opened, in realtime, in Wireshark, on local machine

I (Host A - Windows based using plink) am trying to connect to a remote linux server (Host C), through a gateway linux server (Host B), and run this tcpdump on Host C to be piped all the way back to ...
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How can I ping via an alternate gateway?

Our network has two modems, each one hidden behind a router. The primary router is on 10.1.1.1, the backup router is on 10.1.1.2, and are both configured to the 10.1.1.0/24 subnet. Both routers have ...
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SSH server can't be connected to when VPN is turned on

I recently found that when my workstation connects through a VPN connection then its SSH server can't be connected to from a remote site. I am sure it's a routing problem because the the VPN client ...
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How can I find the IP address of my client bridge router?

I have a client bridge (LinkSys WRT54GL router with DD-WRT firmware). I specified an IP address of 192.168.1.2 for the device, however, when I run ipconfig, the default gateway is now 192.168.0.1. ...
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SCP through SSH gateway connection

My network layout is something like this: Now Alice has access to SSH gateway (just gateway from now on) with: ssh [email protected] and the authorized keys file on the gateway looks like this #/...
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VirtualBox: VPN networking test environment

I want to setup VirtualBox instances of Ubuntu guest to make a VPN test network. The host is Windows 7 Ultimate. My hope is to setup a VirtualBox instance which represents a gateway for the test ...
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I don't want my DHCP to be a default gateway

I have a device which runs a DHCP server. When I connect it with USB to my computer, the PC gets an IP address and the device becomes the default gateway. I just want the device to agree on IP ...
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Connect device to internet using a Linux Computer

I have the next architecture: [Device Eth0]--LAN---[Eth 0 Linux Computer Wth0]--Wifi--[Router Wifi] Device Eth0 :IP:10.0.0.15, MK:255.255.255.0,GW:10.0.0.2 Linux Computer Eth0: IP:10.0.0.2, MK:255....
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Subnet or Not with 20 mask?

In a client warehouse,I'm installing a Pick to Light system but I'm having connection issues between the server and the P2L controller. sometimes they communicate, sometimes they are not. Their IT use ...
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How to use local filemanager to do a ssh -J (jump, gateway)

This is what I am trying to do. I want to connect to a server C, using a local file manager (nautilus, nemo, pcmanfm). I used to do this just writing sftp://username@ServerC in the location bar, or ...
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Linux: multiple network connections - 3G/4G / Wifi / LAN / etc; how can i set a preferred network connection to use?

I've been looking at how I can setup a laptop that has multiple network interfaces, but a problem exists if all the connections are active, i.e. 3G, WiFi and LAN are all connected, I would like it to ...
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Setting multiple gateway for internet connection

In our office we have windows xp and 8 pc connected in network.We are using about 4 internet connections. But in pc only one default gateway is set.But if one internet connection is failed then ...
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Why there is only one Default Gateway?

I am novice in networking trying to figure how multiple network interfaces work. My doubt is when there are two or more NIC's on a machine, what is the meaning of default gateway present in the /etc/...
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Linux route add between static LAN and Wifi Gateway

I have two local machines connected to each other via wired ethernet and one of those machines is also connected to a wifi network which provides internet access. A pseudo-graphical representation ...
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Find Serial Number of Gateway Without Case

Our Gateway PC crashed, and necessitated a re-install of Windows 7. We did not have an OEM version of Windows 7 lying around, so I grabbed an old (genuine) copy, and installed that. Evidently, the ...
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Route based on Source IP Address via 2 gateways on same NIC

In a Linux system, which acts as a gateway on my lan, I would like to route traffic based on source IP addresses. I have 2 network cards and one of these cards has 2 different default gateways. I know ...
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Iptables port mapping from two PCs to one

We have 3 PCs, two of it are connected to internet (both of it have 2 NIC) PC1: eth0 - 1.0.0.1 (external IP) eth1 - 172.16.0.1 (internal IP) PC2: eth0 - 1.0.0.2 (external IP) eth1 - 172.16.0.2 (...
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Missing sharing tab on network properties

I have an ADSL connection, connected to my PC via ethernet(NIC 1), and a wireless connection(NIC 2). I want to share my internet connection over a wireless network. The problem I have, is that I do ...
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How do I use a virtualbox guest machine as a gateway?

I have a certain problem. I am working on an Ubuntu machine, but I have to use a windows 2003 server guest to connect to a Stonegate VPN to be able to manage our client's website. I have already ...
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How to prevent Windows 7 using VPN gateway by default?

Yes, I am aware of this question. However, I have tried following the answers to the question, and they don't work for me. If I uncheck "Use default gateway on remote network", RDP simply refuses to ...
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Windows 2008 server as guest in VMWare: can't ping

I can't ping the guest from the host. Doing an ipconfig, it seems that there is no default gateway.
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Explaining the functions of cable gateway with wirelessAP device

Theoretical question. Let's say I have a device that is described as a standard home cable (DOCSIS) gateway with wirelessAP to which I connect a number of end devices. The end devices are directly ...
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Pace Plc 5268AC how to change Router/Gateway Address

I have AT&T U verse with Router as Manufacturer Pace Plc Model 5268AC Default router address is 192.168.1.254 I would like to change it to 192.168.1.1 Regards
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