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LAN, short for Local Area Network, is a network that connects multiple devices in a limited geographical area, such as a room, an apartment or a building. Currently, most LANs are based on Wi-Fi, linked together with means of a central wireless router or Ethernet transmission, where computers are linked via cable.

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Only allow access to specific IP address on LAN with VPN

I have a Raspberry PI running PiVPN and would like to restrict the LAN IP addresses that can be accessed through the VPN, so that only one service is available. I have searched, but all I have found ...
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How to set up 2 PCs with 2 wired connections for Internet and LAN usage?

I have 2 Windows 10 PCs (Home edition), and I'm trying to set up a home NAS server, as shown below. I use my 2 PCs for gaming and streaming (respectively). I have a Gigabit router, 2 USB to Gigabit ...
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MSG Command on CMD result Error 5 getting session names

I have 2 computer connected over LAN. Both has windows 10 pro version 1607. I open cmd from 1 computer and try to use message command like this : msg * /server:lenovo-pc "Hello" Lenovo-pc is other ...
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Why are my computers trying to connect to an (?)unassigned local IP address

I am seeing entries like the following in my router firewall log: Oct 02 17:03:30 [352898.020000] Firewall: Denied CONN=lan MAC=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:08:00 SRC=aa.aaa.aaa.aa DST=192.168....
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set up Windows 10 PC as internet gateway for a Linux PC on local LAN to access internet

I have a Windows 10 PC with two NICs that I want to use as a gateway between a small LAN which is using 192.168.0.x IPv4 addressing and the internet. What I have set up is the Windows 10 PC with two ...
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Will a USB 2.0 LAN Adapter work with interrupts instead of polling if i plug it on a USB 3.0 port?

I have a LAN Adapter (HORI LAN Adapter for Nintendo Switch) that has the ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 chipset, but it's USB 2.0. (I checked the cable plug and it doesn't have the USB 3.0's extra pins, also ...
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DNS solution for LAN or local home network

This is about how to provide a total solution for a local home network -- I've found a good one here about dnsmasq configuration. I managed to use the above article to have dnsmasq server set up ...
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Can't ping my WIN10 laptop from my phone

I am using some sync application to move files from my phone to an external hard drive plugged to my laptop. I started this with my old laptop with WIN 7 on it and I was doing it for about 2 years. A ...
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Laptop as *primary* display for desktop PC via LAN remote desktop

As the title says, I want to use a laptop as the primary display for a desktop PC. There's a few added challenges to this, however: The desktop PC does not have a display device of its own. By ...
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Sync PC Time off Android Device

Is there any way to set the time of a Windows PC by querying an (unrooted) Android phone on the same LAN? IE, net time \\computer_name /set /y but with an Android device as the time source. As in ...
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Setting Windows to resolve all hostnames via DNS when not connected to a Domain Controller?

The enviroment is a private network with a single router using DD-WRT's dnsmasq to resolve names and do caching. Resolving hosts via DNS works fine: dig +short @192.168.1.1 gamma 192.168.1.22 Now, ...
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Linksys E3000 slow local speed on 1Gb/s Cat5e cable

Here is the hardware I am using: Linksys E3000 router with Firmware version 1.0.04 Computer A with Windows OS 7 installed which is connected to router with 1Gb/s Cat5e cable. Computer B with Windows ...
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Xbox Live over Mac connection sharing using a Socks Proxy

I've recently moved into an apartment with a managed wifi connection. Everything is heavily proxied and most ports besides 443 & 80 are blocked. I have a personal server running at my parents ...
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Non-PC devices don't have access to the Internet

I have a home network and face an issue that all non-pc devices don't have an access to the internet, but the same time all my pcs (windows 10/11) have it stable. Diagram of my net: Some times it ...
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Force windows to communicate to specific ip addresses via specific network card

Hello I'm currently facing issues with tcp communication on a windows 10 system with two network cards. I need to connect specific hardware which is in a LAN. Sometimes windows uses the network ...
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Can I connect my PC to a 2nd router?

I'm no professional in this and am just trying to seek advice. I recently bought a new router(Nokia beacon 1 wi-fi mesh) but it apparently only has 1 LAN port and so -I can only connect either my ...
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15 wall mount monitors displaying the same video through LAN?

We want to have announcement/info monitors around our office and we want to stream it all from the same PC. Is it possible to do this via LAN or what's the best cost effective solution to achieve this?...
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How can a LAN admin enforce YouTube Restricted Mode on their network?

I’m confused. How does a LAN administrator change an application setting, in this case YouTube Restricted Mode, on every device in the LAN? The LAN admin does not have physical access to these devices ...
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Switch between TWO different WAN providers on schedule

I have two internet providers at home, the one offers an uncapped service from 23H00 to 18H00 the following day, and the other provider is an LTE provider to use between 18H00 to 23H00 daily I'm ...
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Connecting another router to extend LAN – is bridge mode what I am looking for?

I want to connect my two routers as in the picture in order to extend my WLAN coverage. I got it to work by just disabling DHCP server on Router 2 and connecting the two routers by LAN ports, but I'd ...
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Using VLC over LAN

I don't want to stream a video. I just want to use Windows File Explorer, browse to my LOCAL Cloud on my LAN, double-click a video (say MP4), and watch the movie -- all from my Windows 8.1 Laptop. ...
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How to share folder from Mac to Windows 10 PC?

I have a Macbook Air "Early 2014" with OS 10.11.6. I also have a Windows 10 desktop. From my Windows 10 desktop, I want to browse a shared folder on the Macbook. I have tried following Apple's ...
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No SMB access when using two routers

I have the following network topology: The desktop PC is connected via WiFi to the D-Link - Router. The problem is to access SMB-Shares on the Synology NAS. I can ping the NAS and also access the ...
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Options for subnet w/o internet access accessible by all computers on network w/ internet

Net diagram: I want a computer on my 'normal' network N1 (where all machines have internet access) to also simultaneously be able to connect to N2, a 'subnet' (not sure if this is the right word?) ...
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Troubles using Wake on LAN

I hope I'm posting to the right place, and apologize if it is not. I am trying to set up WoL on my computer but am having trouble. I went into my Realtek Network adapter through the device manager ...
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Using OpenWRT to share Eduroam (802.1x) Wlan internet over the LAN plug

) Have here rather conceptual questions regards a hypothetical wisle idea: Take the eduroam Wlan Network (a 802.1x authentication one) and connect with a router (guess i have to flash openWRT) to it. ...
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why doesn't system do ARP request broadcast before sending an IP packet?

First, let me describe the problem briefly. I have two programs which send IP packets from a host(192.168.0.101) to another host(192.168.0.106). These two programs are written respectively with C and ...
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How to access files in a non-shared folder of a pc over LAN?

Say I have 2 Windows 8 PCs connected over WiFi in a home network. Is it possible to silently access / explore files and folders of one PC using the other using any app /windows feature?
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Unable to connect to a device on LAN when the router is disconnected from the internet

I have flask server running on my laptop. I can reach it from the same laptop using the static IP address 192.168.1.x at all times but I cannot reach it from my phone (connected to the same router) if ...
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Connect to two wifi networks with one wifi network card on Windows (one for lan, one for internet)

I have a ZONE WIFI with my android celphone activated and connected via my network wifi card, so I can't connect to my LAN network via wifi at the same time, there is a way that I can connect both at ...
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How to prevent wireless adapter to get automatically disabled when I plug in the LAN cable

I have a new Lenovo W541. At work I have both a cable connection with Proxy and a wifi connection. In my previous laptop I was able to switch from a connection to the other just by disabling and ...
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Is there any way to change LAN MAC address on Wi-Fi router?

I have a Wi-Fi router which has WLAN MAC address and LAN MAC address. I can spoof WLAN MAC address easily, but can not spoof in the same way on LAN MAC address. How can I spoof the LAN MAC address?
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Hopping Gateways in a Multi-gateway Network?

I'm on a network that has multiple gateways, and it seems that my machine connects to a different gateway than what my phone does. I'm curious as to how I may switch to another gateway. I've tried ...
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Weird high ping when another user on the same lan uses Skype

Well, this is not happening to me but my flatmate. He is having a high ping while playing(League of legends) as soon as I use skype (I've tested it by shutting it down and his ping was lowering ...
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Add virtual network interface to limit internet traffic?

The setup is as follows: I have a server with one network card in my LAN network. Now I want to limit the upload / download speed from / to the server but not the speed within the local network. ...
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Prevent computer from connecting to outside LAN networks

I'm looking for a solution like Restrict Computer from Connecting to Outside Wireless Networks that would also work with wired connections. We have a consultant in our company that sometimes works ...
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Is there any reason not to use the external IP when accessing local resources?

Until recently I had always assumed that accessing the external IP address from within the LAN would go out to the internet and then back unless specially configured in the router. Apparently, if it ...
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Port forwarding for Teamspeak server

I am trying to forward ports 9987, 10011 and 30033 for my Teamspeak 3 server. My setup for the connections is as follows: Bayantel modem-router (Aztech 5001en) D-LINK DIR 300 (wireless router) ...
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Connection to router/modem works only if plugged in directly, not via switches/wifi

Consider the following setup: 2-3 Laptops and 4-5 Desktop PCs (both windows and linux systems) are connected to an ADSL modem/router (http://avm.de/produkte/fritzbox/fritzbox-3272/) via wireless and ...
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BIND DNS server (Windows) - Unable to access my local domain from other computers on LAN

I have a BIND DNS server running on my Windows 7 development machine and I'm serving pages with WAMPSERVER. My ideia is to develop some tools (in PHP) for my intranet at work and I want them to be ...
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Dropbox LAN sync - hint for an IP address

In my work network UDP broadcast networks are isolated between the WiFi and wired channels, so LAN sync discovery does not work. Is there a way to explicitly tell Dropbox to try a specific IP address ...
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macmini wifi internet only works if lan cable unpluged

I use macmini to compile mac version of my program, I use ssh and vnc from linux, but problem is that I can only get either internet via wifi(en1) or local connection via ethernet(en0). if I do enable ...
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WRT54G router with tomato firmware doesn't connect to internet if Windows 8 PC is suspended

This problem began occurring within the past couple of days, and to my knowledge I made no changes to any hardware or to my network layout. I have a Windows 8 PC connected to a gigabit switch (D-Link ...
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Force Netgear DG834GT LAN Speed/Duplex

I have a Netgear DG834GT as my ADSL2+ modem & router, connected to a Netgear WNHDE111 wireless bridge. They've autonegotiated to 10Mbps rather than 100Mbps. I'm using brand new Cat6 cables so that'...
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HOW TO: Remotely access Synology NAS on home LAN behind multiple routers?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I split/share an internet connection with family members that live next door to my house. I don't have/need/want cable, so they have the modem. I have admin/...
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Possibe data corruption in x-ray room

I built a small fingerprint ID system for a lab. Registration is done at a reception and identification at 2 other points. One point is the x-ray room The problem: Identification often seems to fail ...
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Do Network Permissions apply to the Local Computer Too?

If, say, I were to say that only a certain account were allowed to read a folder on an external drive, and then I were to take the external drive to another computer, would it be able to read the ...
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Is there a way to set up the LAN connection to connect via proxy, instead of through the browser?

Is there a way to set up the LAN connection to connect via proxy, instead of having to set the browser connection up? If the LAN is set up to go through proxy, then all applications - even non-browser ...
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Why does incoming SSH on macOS Monterey stop working but is fixed temporarily by restarting sshd?

I have been allowing incoming ssh on one of my home machines for many years without incident. Recently it stopped working. I have discovered that it can be fixed by restarting the sshd process, using ...
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LAN connectivity issues in Windows

We're trying to get a computer and a laptop to connect to each other through LAN. Both devices are running the latest version of Windows 11. Both devices are on the same network. We're both ...
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