Questions tagged [ip]
The IP (internet protocol) is a protocol for transmitting data over packets ("datagrams"). It is the primary protocol of the Internet. "IP" may also refer to an IP address, the numerical address assigned to an IP-capable device.
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Where is IP Address of my Ethernet settings stored in Registry
In a LAN, I configure my IP address as needed, but once in a while I move to a different subnet and need to update my IP address quickly so I am thinking of making a simple application to help me with ...
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Block access to the Clash Royale by the Wi-Fi router
Modem model [Technicolor TD5336]
According to information from the Ubiquiti Networks forum the port is 9339.
URL: game.clashroyaleapp.com https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/265516/what-are-...
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Why is a network ID not needed to connect to an IP address?
I know how IP basically works, and knows that an IP address composed of a network ID portion and a host ID portion, but when I type a IP address, say 8.8.8.8 into the web browser, I didn't supply any ...
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How does Google bypass IP routing?
At the Google Public DNS Performance Benefits page, they claim
In Google Public DNS, we have implemented several approaches to speeding up DNS lookup times. Some of these approaches are fairly ...
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How to block/avoid a particular IP when connecting to websites?
I'm having trouble connecting to a particular website. I can view it through a proxy, but not from home. So I ran a traceroute:
Tracing route to fvringette.com [76.74.225.90]
over a maximum of 30 ...
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Can I combine two Internet connections into one PC using only a switch? [duplicate]
Suppose I have two ISPs (Broadband) with two routers (DSL). Now I have one switch of say four ports.
Is it possible to connect to both ISPs to one PC and combine the two to achieve faster speeds?
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When listening to a port (taskserver) should the local address be `localhost` or `0.0.0.0`?
I've been trying to make a taskd server work on my computer (Arch Linux) for days. The problem I'm facing now is that taskd's config documentation (https://taskwarrior.org/docs/taskserver/...
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How to find CIDR subnet for a public Internet IP address?
Usually I do not worry about subnet of an IP address on the public Internet, but after I began using Amazon EC2 firewall, it got me thinking.
EC2 firewall configuration requires an IP to be written ...
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Find IP address from a IP-Camera (Ubuntu)
I am using an IP camera which I don't know its IP. I'm unable to connect to it, and all I know it's MAC address. My questions are:
If I didn't know it's MAC address, would I be able to discover its ...
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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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D-Link DIR-600M - Setting up QoS Rules to restrict bandwidth for given IP address
I'm trying to setup QoS rules to achieve the following:
I want to restrict the bandwidth for specific IP addresses that connect to the network. I'm confused about what goes in each of the fields seen ...
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How can I store DNS cache in case the DNS server goes down?
I'm using OpenDNS's DNS servers. Today, it went down for half an hour. I'm wondering if I can store a cached copy of the DNS records of the websites that I visit often.
Google Chrome does this ...
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Set static IP - DHCP is not enabled for "Local Area Connection"
I intend to assign a static IP to my Windows 7 system. I do this using Local Area Connection > Properties > TCP/IPv4 > Properties > provide the IP, subnet mask and default gateway.
However when I ...
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Windows 10 "ipconfig /renew" not working
My internet connection has lately been really unstable, I tried refreshing the connection by typing "ipconfig /renew" into my CMD (along with a few other commands... I used this http://www.wikihow.com/...
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Can I assign any static IP address to a device on my network? Or does it have to be within the DHCP servers (or routers) defined subnet?
Currently, my DHCP server is handing out IP addresses in the 192.168.0.1/24 range. What would happen if I set a static IP address on a device of, e.g., 192.168.1.10?
And just out of curiosity, what ...
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Is a switch just a simple router?
A switch connects computers together. As an example we set up a switch to create a network. When computer A wants to speak to another computer B, it sends the packet to the switch (it has the ...
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How to assign multiple IP addresses to a single computer?
The dhcp ip range is 192.168.0.255/24. I wanted my computer to get multiple ip addresses from this dhcp. So I can have multiple connections through different ip addresses with just a single computer!
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IP Range Notation
I have the following IP ranges:
64.233.160.0 64.233.191.255
66.102.0.0 66.102.15.255
66.249.64.0 66.249.95.255
72.14.192.0 72.14.255.255
74.125.0.0 74.125.255.255
209.85.128.0 209.85.255.255
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What happens when we change Subnet mask of Private IP address
First of all, I know that private IP ranges are
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (65,536 IP addresses)
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (1,048,576 IP addresses)
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (16,777,216 IP ...
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can't access website by ip but I can access by fully qualified domain
So it seems I can't browse a website by IP, but I can browse using it's hostname.
C:\Users\c>nslookup www.example.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: cx-cdn-bre.gss.consultix.net
Addresses: 62....
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How does an ISP assign IP?
I've noticed when I reconnect to internet, the last two bytes of IP address static IP changes.
Does that mean when I disconnect someone else could have the same IP? How does this process differ from ...
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how to unblock ip address with iptables command?
I get my own ip address (maybe 123.45.6.7).
iptables -I INPUT -s 123.45.6.7 -j DROP
Now i was blocked myself,when i login server with other pc ,how to write iptables command to unblock myself?
I ...
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How do I find out my computer network name (Linux)?
I have a linux machine on my university network where I usually log in via ssh from home. I have know the ip, so this is what I use to log in, but it would convenient to know if my computer have a ...
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What does N * * * mean in traceroute output? [duplicate]
Wanted to perform simple trace for learning purposes:
traceroute google.com
It gave me among another lines some lines that look like the following
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15 * * *
16 * * *
17 * * *
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Cellular hotspot used for hosting server
We would like to use this mobile hotspot to connect a video security system (Apasonic DVR) to the internet.
The Apasonic DVR hosts a web page where security footage can be accessed. With a wired ...
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Is there a way to 'include' a separate file in /etc/hosts?
Is there any way to 'include' another file within the /etc/hosts file? Particularly I want to include a non-protected (-rw-rw-rw) file so I can easily edit it in something like TextMate without having ...
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DHCP: broadcast flag
I'm looking at some DHCP packets through wireshark. I notice that in the bootp section, there is a broadcast flag.
However, the dest IP is 255.255.255.255. Isn't it enough to indicate that it's ...
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How are some websites able to get my private IP address?
Some websites like http://www.geoip.co.uk are able to get the private IP address of my host where as others like https://www.iplocation.net/ are unable to do so.
What is the reason behind this ...
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So port is not unique by machine at all?
$ lsof
memcached 15844 root 28u IPv6 113604 TCP *:11051 (LISTEN)
memcached 15844 root 29u IPv4 113605 TCP *:11051 (LISTEN)
memcached 15844 root 30u IPv6 113609 ...
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Who assigns a private IP address to my laptop? [closed]
I am connected to a Wi-Fi network through my laptop. The Wi-Fi is from a mobile device.
In this case, does the mobile acts as a router?
Who assigns my laptop its private IP address?
Does my laptop ...
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How can I reliably prevent my local IP address leaking in the web browsers?
Any site that I visit can see my local IP (e.g. 192.168.1.102). Is there any reliable way to block this behavior? (browser setting, OS setting, router setting, etc.) I am particularity interested in ...
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How to access a Hyper-V virtual machine remotely with Remote Desktop?
Right now I have a physical server with Windows Server 2012 in which I am running a windows 7 virtual machine with Hyper-V Manager. How can I access this specific virtual machine without going through ...
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How to append netsh firewall rules, not just replace
I am using a script to set firewall rules in netsh.
netsh.exe advfirewall firewall set rule name="Block External IP's" new remoteip="$($ipArray[0])"
I thought that set was used so that it would ...
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What does "network" mean in the /etc/network/interfaces file?
In Linux, to define aliases, we have to modify /etc/network/interfaces..
Something like this:
auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 192.168.1.60
netmask 255.255.255.0
network x.x.x.x
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What is the difference between IPv6 addresses :: and ::1?
Maybe this is a silly question but sometimes I see IPv6 :: to mean the local host, and sometimes I see ::1. Occasionally, using one vs. the other seems to be the difference between something working ...
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What information does an IP address provide
For example, if I use a web app that saves my IP address, what can be inferred from it?
What can be deduced from an IP address (and to what degree of certainty)?
Is it always possible to determine a ...
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Significance of priority in "ip rule" command
What is the significance of the prio option in ip rule add/del command? Does a higher priority for a rule give it preference over other rules in the table?
I saw this piece of code online, without ...
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How can I use Teamviewer anonymously with TOR network?
I would like to be able to use Teamviewer anonymously to avoid revealing my real IP address while I access sensitive data on my remote server. The data being transferred is encrypted.
I have looked ...
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My dyndns domain doesn't point to the right IP from inside my network, how do I correct that?
I set up a DynDns account to point a domain to my dynamic IP server at home. From any "outside" network, the connection is working and pointing to my server. But when I point my browser to my URL (...
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How does a server distinguish between multiple requests from same ip address and port?
When multiple requests are sent to a server to the same poft 80 or whatever and from the same ip address, say, from a computer behind NAT or from the same computer but different browsers or by ...
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How to SSH to a private ip behind a router using public dynamic IP
In my office there are 2 PC, both of them are behind a router with his own private IP. I'm trying to connect to them via SSH but it only seems to work while my notebook is connected to the same Wifi (...
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Stubborn APIPA Issue (possible IPv4 problem, IPv6 = okay?)
I have one Windows 7 desktop that seems to be stuck on an APIPA address. It can see the other computers in the workgroup, but seemingly only communicate via IPv6 (see below), and can't access outside ...
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Block (or only allow certian) incoming IP addresses on Verizon FIOS Actiontec Router
I opened a few ports to the outside of my home network so I can get into a few of my machines from outside. When checking some logs, I noticed that I was getting scanned on some ports from various ...
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Install VPN software Arris/Motorola svg6582 modem?
I'm traveling outside the continental US, and my streaming service is not available if I'm not within the US.
Is there anything I can do? I'm currently using an Arris/Motorola svg6582 modem.
I've ...
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how to split up network into two subnets with only one router
I have one router on my home network. This acts as the main WiFi access point for all devices, as well as being connected to a simple switch for my home lab. I would like to be able to isolate my home ...
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How do I get Firefox to reflect a changed IP address?
In Firefox (7.0.1) some pages are not updating. Example: The IP needs to be changed frequently for some testing, and going to a site like whatismyip.com will shows the old ip (the one that was first ...
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What information can my ISP see from my router?
I installed a new router today and saw my IP address change because the new router has a different MAC address and I am just curious on what information my ISP can see from my network.
I know they ...
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Can't add static lease from inside DHCP range in pfSense
When trying to add my computer to static lease, I get the following error
I don't understand the reason for this. If I would want to assign IP from outside DHCP range, I would assign it statically ...
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Windows 10 IP Forwarding
I am trying to provide Windows 10 with router capabilities(IP Forward). Yes I know I could buy a router or switch. This setup is for TESTING only.
Found a good resource: http://www.home-network-...
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