A computer network in a domestic setting is called a home network. It usually smaller than an office network, just connecting two or three computers and a modem/router.
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Extending WiFi range - what do I need and in what configuration?
The setup would be as the diagram below.
The issue is that when in Room A, the WiFi signal from the router/modem in Room B is flaky, causing the devices in Room A to drop the connection all the time.
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port listening and home router security
I have a Dishtv receiver with sling adapter. The receiver is connected to my router.
The router is a netgear DD-WRT flashed router.
I was told be a dishtv rep that the router use port 80, 443 and ...
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home network with two routers + vpn
I'm in a campus where my house is wired with a LAN and outlets in every room.
I want to set up
a) a wireless router (say 192.168.0.x) that let's me reach location on the campus network.
b) a ...
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I need a network cable for my desktop computer [closed]
There will be router, desktop, and isp optic fiber cable.
I need a cable to link my desktop and router I want the best performance cable that could resist energy cable lines and interferance.
I need ...
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Computer connects directly through modem but won't through router
I've get some problems that kept me from accessing internet on my computer for some time. So i spent the last 6 months using wireless connection on my laptop.
Yesterday, I bought a 20 meters ethernet ...
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Windows 7 strange networking issue
I got 2 laptops with Windows 7.
They are located at the same wifi network which consists of only 2
PC's.
Workgroups are same, PC names are different.
Both of them using Kaspersky Internet Security ...
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Sychronize two folders in two different laptops [duplicate]
I have a laptop and a small netbook and I write projects on both, I do a lot of copying and pasting and it is pretty tiring. One runs a Windows 7 Home Premium x64 and the other Windows 7 Home Basic ...
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Connecting (wireless) router to modem (with integrated router)
I'm trying to figure something out that I think should be possible, but I don't think I have the exact technical knowledge to make it work.
I'm using a modem provided by my cable company that also ...
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Connect two routers so that the main router has control over the other
I have already found an answer how to connect two routers here. With the "same network" setup each device that tries to connect to the second router gets an IP address from the first. This is fine.
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Ethernet auto-sensing and auto-negotiation error?
In a network where Franck has only one RJ45 port accessible (see Network topology, situation 1), I add a switch to get an additionnal RJ45 port, everything is fine (situation 2), but when I remove the ...
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“Destination port unreachable” when pinging computer in another subnet
In my home network, I connect to the Internet through a router (192.168.1.1). I also have another router (192.168.1.15, 192.168.2.1), this one using OpenWRT, configured as a wireless client. One of my ...
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Hosting a home website, unable to see from outside home network
I have Windows server 2k3 installed on the web server. I have it configured to listen to traffic on port 80.
I am running a simple website using the XAMPP stack. Again, have this configured to listen ...
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How can I achieve proxy configuration similar to a corporate environment?
At my work we have a proxy setup where no computers can leave the internal network without using a proxy. We use WPAD to determine which proxy to use, but how can something like this be set up in my ...
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Do you really need a gigabit router for a local network?
All of my computers at home are gigabit compatible and I'm planning to upgrade my old switch to a gigabit switch .
The question is do I also need to upgrade my old router ? I'm only running internet ...
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Iptables: Allow Internal LAN to access INTERNET
I have an internal network behind my router on eth0, and I have my router connected to the internet thorugh wlan0. I can't access the internet from inside the lan, how can I fix this?
wlan0: ...
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“Network path not found” when trying to access network PC
I have 2 computers: Windows 7 desktop and Windows 8 laptop in a home wi-fi network. They are both configured to use passworded shared file access, not homegroup-based access. Desktop PC can access ...
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Access router from ADSL modem
I have the following set-up:
Linksys WAG320N modem-router connected to the internet via RJ11
Gateway IP for WAG320N is 10.0.1.1, subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
Static IPv4 address for my EA6500 router ...
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Homegroup doesn't detect network cable
We have 2 machines here in the network.
Both run (legal) Windows 8, both are in the same homegroup, for both machines the network is set up as a Private Network.
Copying files over wireless works ...
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VPNing into local home network
I have a FVS338 Netgear firewall. Am I able to VPN into it and then access my local network with a remote desktop connection?
Also, how do I get the initial VPN connection?
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Trouble accessing remote sql server 2012 from home network
I am having trouble accessing a remote sql server 2012 instance that my web host has setup using the default port of 1433. I am able to connect fine if i connect my computer directly to my modem, but ...
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Can't join or create homegroup in Windows 7
This is getting ridiculous. Basically, I can't join a pre-existing homegroup or create one by myself.
This is the story:
2 computers are involved, both of them running W7.
Computer A was connected ...
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Access Dynamic Domain Name Via WAN, and while on network
Router
Running DD-WRT v24
DNSMasq is enabled
DynDNS is enabled, routing TLD domain devita.co to my Dynamic IP
Port Fowarding rules enabled for 192.168.1.161, WAN 2152 -> LAN 80
External ...
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How to set up a home NAS and share it online?
My family lives in 3 different countries in Europe. We've all got decent Internet connections, but we're struggling with sharing files (documents, photos and home movies, and music).
I'm dreaming of ...
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Router cannot continously look for a Dynamic IP
I am trying to connect to a ISP provider who is running a DHCP service.
When I connect the cable provided by the ISP[beam telecom] to my laptop , a dynamic IP is assigned and everything fine.
When I ...
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Can I connect my router wirelessly to Uverse?
I just switched to AT&T Uverse and my old setup (physical connection to cable modem in same room) is no longer applicable. I want to have my home office router talk to my AT&T Uverse router ...
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Setting up a network drive on a home network
I've setup a home network using Netgear N300 wireless router (using Windows 7).
I'm trying to get one of my hard drives to be available on the network, so I went to the "sharing" tab of the HD's ...
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Networking Woes
My set-up is quite complex for me. I have a telephone line, broadband and IPTV on a single line. The service provider gave me a wireless modem (I am not sure if that is the correct term - the ...
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Connecting a router to another router
I am having issues with connecting my two routers together. I want to form a single network with two routers. Here is a illustration:
The problem is that when I connect the routers like this it ...
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What is the best way to restrict network access for one machine on a home LAN?
As an example, I have 3 computers on a home network:
Machine A
Machine B
Machine C
What I would like to do is isolate "Machine C", so that it cannot communicate with "A" or "B" and vice versa. It ...
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When a bittorrent client program “rechecks” a torrent, what does it really do?
Had a power outage while downloading, resulting in I/O buffer errors (computer on UPS, while external HDD was not).
If there were any data errors, will the "rechecking" process detect these and ...
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Making the most out of an old laptop for home improvement [closed]
My old Compaq laptop's (circa 2005) been lying around useless for the longest time so last week I decided to make a Linux box out of it. So far, I have set it up to provide the following services,
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Can access computers on local network by IP address, but not by computer name
On my local network, I can type the IP address of a computer like so: \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and access the shared files/printers of that computer.
But when I try by computer name, it does not let me. ...
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Can I tell from “netstat” if someone is snooping my computer?
I have many questions. However, to begin in the easiest and shortest manner. I am trying to figure out why when I type cmd prompt netstat -a I get a plethora of IP addresses and links that I am almost ...
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The ability to play music from 1 computer and hear it playing on another computer [duplicate]
I don't know what this is called or if this even exists.
But i'm looking for a way to for example play music on one computer and have other computers listen in to it like a Radio where one computer ...
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Garbled router web administration page
Sometimes, when I access my router's (Linksys WRT54G) web administration page, it comes out garbled; i.e. missing text, icons, links, form controls, etc.
Gets fixed after powering the router off then ...
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How to block a particular computer behind a NAT
I run a small hostel and have the following network configuration:
Router1 (192.168.1.1) ─┬─ (192.168.1.2) Ubuntu Samba+SSH Server
├─ (192.168.1.X) Router 2 (192.168.2.1) ─┬─ ...
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DNS forwarding for samba4 AD server and home router
I've set up a VM as a Samba4 AD PDC as per this guide.
My question is with setting up DNS forwarding and DHCP. In step 6 of the BIND config, we set BIND to forward queries to the router, in my case ...
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After changing my router's local IP address it becomes inaccessible. Why?
I'm adding another router to my home network to extend my WiFi range. (Linksys e2500.) I'm trying to change its IP from the default 192.168.1.1 so that it doesn't conflict with my primary (dhcp) ...
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Router makes internet go slower
I'm having some trouble with my wireless router, so I thought I'd ask. I have a TP-Link WR941N, and every once in a while it will make internet speeds slow down by different degrees. I'm supposed to ...
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Program for separating connections for different program traffic?
I have seen that for combining 2 different connections into one for gaining speed you have to set up routers and flash their memory or buy new ones, and that's the only way for combining it by ...
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How to configure your home network to access a specific computer externally?
I want to configure my home network so I can access a specific computer from outside my home network. For example, SSH to my desktop computer at home, or run a web server (routing port 80 requests), ...
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Combine CS5 Master Collection install disks for a network install
I'd like to know how to combine my CS5 Master installation disks into one file so I can install the collection off of my network drive at home (mind you this is the Mac version). I thought it would be ...
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Qualifying (and/or Quantifying) Internet Connectivity Problems
I'm having intermittent problems with my internet, and would like to be able to give my provider enough information to help them diagnose the problem.
Is there a free tool I can run on my PC to track ...
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How do I firewall a machine against the local (wireless) network while still allowing the machine to route internet traffic?
I have a shared DSL connection, and I know that some of the users constantly get their computers infected, so I worry about network security. My computer is the only one wired to the modem (which is ...
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Setting up a network share folder on Windows 7
I'm trying to set up a network share folder for Windows 7 so we can use Quick books Enterprise 7.0 in multi user mode. I've tried everything that Quickbooks has said to do and everything in Windows 7, ...
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How do I share files between MacbookPro over WAN to my PC over LAN?
I have a wireless router set up, connected to the internet through a modem through LAN, connected to my PC through LAN, and connected to my Macbook Pro via WAN. Here's a rough image of the network map
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Windows 8: Share a folder at network to a microsoft account user
I have 3 computer at home, I want to share some files from one computer to another, but I want to share just to my user (microsoft account)...
All computer has Windows 8, and is logged in with the ...
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Two ethernet connects how can I set the default one?
I have Two ethernet cards / Connections
How can I tell windows to set Eth1 as default so web,steaming all the normal stuff uses this connection?
I have set bittorrent up correctly to use the other ...
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how to add remotely controllable machine to home network, without sacrificing network security?
The following setup:
I would like to add a machine (running windows server 2008 r2) to our home network, such that this machine has access to the internet, and such that it can be accessed (with full ...
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Can I subnet a net gear home router? If so are there instructions anywhere?
I have a Veralite hub interfering with my networked Onkyo receiver and I believe putting them on different subnets will fix this. Netgear wndr3400 running native firmware.
