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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AT&T DSL - single MAC address?
I'm giving my sister a router (Linksys E1200) for Christmas. She's got a several-years-old Airport Express right now, and she's constantly complaining about it. She's also pretty technophobic, so ...
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Resolving loss of internet bandwidth in home network
Recently, I've decided to connect my laptop at home to my modem/router through Ethernet cables built into my apartment. As these built-in Ethernet cables are usable via plugs built into the walls ...
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Win7 PC cannot see itself in Homegroup
I have a Win7 tower connected to the router via ethernet cable.
I also have a Win8 laptop connected to the router via ethernet cable (or wireless).
When I open HomeGroup in Win8 it can see itself and ...
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Optimal network setup at home
I'm trying to create the best sort of wired/wireless network combination that I can at home, given some restrictive conditions, What I'd like to ask is for advice on the optimal set u of my equipment ...
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What is device COM-MID1 in my router settings?
I see this listed in my home router:
Device : COM-MID1
It has an IP address, but is not connected. Could this be anything to do with me trying to connect a TV to my home network?
Just in case it's ...
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How do I make my NAS box, which is connected to my desktop directly via ethernet, visible to our home network?
I have a NAS unit that I attached to my Windows desktop via direct ethernet cable. I have it set to use automatic DNS, and it retrieves an IP address from my desktop with no further configuration. I'd ...
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NAT traversal used locally - use extrenal IP+port for local resource
I am using a simple webapp hosted on my local LAN through my smartphone. I've set up nat traversal on my router and it all works well when I access my ip+port combination from the outside. However, ...
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iPhone(s) WiFi connection issues on home network [closed]
I have a Netgear WNDR3800 router and I use WPA2 encryption for WiFi. I have two iPhones (4 and 4S) that are experiencing the same problem. Both running 5.1.1 version of iOS (I know its older then ...
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Mac OS X: pushing all traffic through a VMWare VM
I want to set up an Astaro (Sophos) UTM in a Virtual Machine.
The Setup should be at the end the following:
Cable Modem (one IP adress)
| [Ethernet]
Sophos UTM (running as VM [VMWare Fusion 5] on ...
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Can a desktop (windows 7) Wifi adapter serve as a Wifi Access Point (not ad-hoc nor bridge)?
I was reading the many differences between Access Point, Bridge, Ad-hoc or hot spot networks, and as you may tell from the title I'm a bit confused. From my understanding based on the their difference ...
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Why did I lose the Internet connection after making a home group?
I have two computers in my house. They are;
laptop with Windows 7 Home Basic
desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium
I use internet which is of wired connection and it has a modem. The modem has 1 LAN ...
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412 Precodition Failed error only occurs on certain networks
One of my favorite websites: http://jessiejofficial.com (yes, I'm a Jessie J Fan :')) has recently started displaying the error message "412 Precondition Failed" whenever I visit it from my home ...
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Two Router issue, cannot reach internet
I have on ADSL router and one CISCO Wifi Router. The ADSL Router is working fine on its own. I am connecting the lan port of the ADSL Router to the internet(RJ45) port of my Cisco wifi router. But I ...
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Slow ADSL connection when connecting to normal socket as opposed to the main phone socket
I have just installed a new modem/router at home and after doing some testing I noticed that if I plug the modem directly into the master socket in my flat I get around 4MBits and the logs look like ...
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Being ARP spoof, how to keep a right ARP cache on OS X?
At dormitory, our PCs/NBs seems to be attack or say arp spoofing? The guy(s) may using the software like "skiller" or "netcut" or much more enhanced software attacking us, we can only use a software ...
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Internet connectivity issues in Windows 8
Info:
Desktop. Windows 8.
I have two network adapters on my computer. One is a USB adapter, and the other is internal (disabled currently).
I have 4 out of 5 bars of signal on my wireless adapter ...
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Slow website resolution, normal ping and host resolution, most prominent in Linux
I haven't been able to figure out what is slow and why Windows seems to be immune.
When navigating to a page it can take 15 seconds or more to begin or fail with a time out. Once the page starts ...
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Connecting both WAN and LAN ports to the same hub
For some reason I wish to connect the WAN port and the LAN port on a router to the same hub and make the hub is connected to both networks, the Internet and a private network. Below is a diagram of ...
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How to extend existing home network via Ethernet with an Encore ENHWI-2AN3?
My goal is to extend internet and a home network into an Encore ENHWI-2AN3. Wifi does not reach so it is done over ethernet cable. Just plugging the device in, it will have internet, but doesn't ...
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How to Assign a Static Internal IP Address in Windows 7?
I want to open a port for my PC, so I assigned a static IP for it. When I try ipconfig cmd line I get the IP address I assigned, but when I check DHCP clients list in my router, I find a different ...
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network utilization in windows task manager
Ok I don't really get why or how the way this graph and the columns are labeled.
Link speed shows 1Gbps
graph only shows from 0% to 5%
and network Utilization stays on average around 1.25%
Ok I ...
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Connected 2 routers, but they won't talk
I'm trying to set up a second WLAN at home (since the Nintendo DS firmware won't connect to my WPA-encrypted main WLAN), but when I connect my second router's WAN port to one of my main router's LAN ...
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Separate internet router from LAN wifi
I have a Linksys WRT54GL router running Tomato that I've been happy with for quite a while. I just purchased a TP-Link WDR3600 a/b/g/n + 4-port Gigabit ethernet router for better LAN throughput, and ...
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Can I use or configure my router's DNS adresses as references for my domains?
I am in my router control panel and notice that it is configured (by my ISP) to use DNS adresses which are defined by my ISP. I would like to change these to something more suitable for a domain in ...
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Correct usage of Windows Server on network?
I have two routers, one with dhcp turned on and the other with it off. this is a functioning home network. Now, I am trying to integrate into it a windows server. Should the windows server be doing ...
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Systems sharing /home via NFS freezing (on ICY BOX IB-NAS5220)
I have a small home network running, with a NAS box (ICY BOX IB-NAS5220) exporting /home for my various Linux Mint machines.
/etc/exports on the NAS:
/mnt/md1/public ...
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Apple Airport Express, Extreme and Time Capsules, BT Home Hub, Wireless Extenders confusion
I post quite frequently in Stack Overflow, but use Superuser less frequently. Mainly as I don't change hardware often and rarely have software issues!
I live in a small stone cottage, and have an ...
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What causes partial connectivity through wireless adapter (no internet, but can see other home network PC)?
I recently bought an Asus X401A laptop. For some reason, I cannot get internet access on the wireless connection. The wireless connection succeeds and I can see other computers on the network once ...
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How can I set a static ip address on a DHCP network?
My home linksys router is using local address of 192.168.75.1 and subnet of 255.255.255.0. The DHCP server is enabled. The starting IP address is 192.168.75.100.
I'm facing problem configuring the IP ...
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Route networktraffic target dependent to different networkadapters
is it possible (Ubuntu and Windows) to create the following rules:
If target="192.168.*" use eth0
If target="*" use eht1 // default, the rest that doesn't match another rule
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Couldn't connect properly to the internet using wireless
I'm running a netbook intel atom 1.6Ghz windows 7 1 GB Ram.
I had this issue going online after formating.
I've installed the drivers and all but I still manage don't know why i couldn't
solve this ...
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Multiple PCs - Single profile
Or how to create an AD(or similar) environment at home?
So... I work in this big IT company(they have and AD environment ofc) and I've seen first hand how nice integration and ...
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Share portion of my wi-fi connection?
I have a wi-fi network running off of an unlocked 2Wire 2701HG-x modem (user guide). Question: How can I publicly share it? Can I create two separate networks, one for myself (password-protected), and ...
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Connecting to ethernet device with fixed IP via Linksys router
I have this board with IP address 192.168.5.124 (can't be changed). I must connect to it via an ethernet cable and then use Modbus for communication.
I am currently having problems seeing this device ...
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Anomalous computer icon overlay
Due to no cause that we can determine, the following icon overlay image has appeared on some of the icons on one of our home computers:
Previously, a different image has appeared and disappeared; ...
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Windows Vista Network Folder and File Sharing
I would like to know how to allow a user/username from a different computer (sample: \home-pc\Owner) to have viewing permissions and someone else (sample \home-pc\Guest) to have full accsess to the ...
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How can I use my own DD-WRT Wireless Router with a Virgin Media Hub?
Does anyone know if it is possible to use a different Wifi Router (my Buffalo DD-WRT) instead of the Wifi on my Virgin Media Hub (not Super Hub).
I have seen people ask and get various vague answers ...
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How do I access my wireless access point via browser?
Here's my situation:
The home network is
wall <--pluged in modem/router <-- plugged in wireless DD-WRT router via 2 metre CAT5 cable<--- plugged in wireless belkin router, via 10 metre ...
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Windows XP Network loading
I'm using a Home Broadband Fiber connect. No ADSL MODEM or any ROUTER in home please. Simple RJ-45 jack plugging into the PC Ethernet port.
Hardware: D-Link DFE-520TX PCI Fast Ethernet
OS: Windows ...
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Is it safe to network XP with Win7 x64? [closed]
Does this sound okay?
I want XP to run older programs, but don't want to risk damaging Windows 7; so what if I install XP on another (old) computer and then connect the two computers together in a ...
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Not all computer are on same home network that uses router and AP
I'm using a router and an AP on my home network.
If i connect to my AP then the router gives the computer an IP through DHCP.
The problem is that computers that connect to the router are not visible ...
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Booting from shared root over network?
I have multiple systems in my home network that are running Linux Mint. I also have a NAS server hooked to the home network, which already serves the various user's home directories (so no matter ...
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Can't see computers in workgroup, but pinging works
I have a problem with configuration my home network.
I using Windows 7, Windows XP and Dlink DIR-300 for create home network. I ping all of my computer and ping works, but I don't see computer in ...
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Assigning IP addresses to multiple VMs that are regularly powered off and on
I have a newbie networking question. In my office there are about 200 machines on 192.168.0.x IPs. At home I have a similar setup but with far fewer IPs. I run 5 virtual machines on my local ...
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Extending the range of a WPA2-protected wifi
This question is a follow-up to TP-Link TL-WA701N not working good as wireless extender
I have a TP-Link TL-WR340G wireless router and a TL-WA701N wireless extender available. My network is ...
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Is there any reason to subnet a home network?
For networks I understand we set a netmask on each computer to let it know what IPs it can talk to without going through the router - IPs on the same subnet can talk directly to each other and do not ...
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wireless network with cable modem and access point
I have a Scientific Atlanta EPC2203 cable modem and a TP-Link TL-WA500G access point. When I connect my computer directly to modem with a CAT5e cable I have internet connection on my laptop (when i ...
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No Other User In Task Manager Users Tab Windows 7
I want to ask why there is only me on Task Manager's Users tab.
Originally I wanted to be able to chat with other clients on my local network using msg command, but I can't found any other user.
How ...
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Network Bridge in Windows 8
In Windows 7 i bridged my ethernet connection and the Host Only Adapaters of my VirtualBox VMS to gain access to the Internet through the Network Bridge and the VMS were part of my LAN.
My Setup was ...
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Establish direct cable connection between Windows 8 PCs in home network [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
direct ethernet connection between two wirelessly connected Windows 7 laptops
I'm running two PCs, a desktop and a laptop with Windows 8 Release Preview ("Build 8400").
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