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 ...
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Use wifi instead of LAN for some apps
At work I need to be connected to the LAN with a proxy. This proxy blocks a lot of things that I still want to access, one of them being Spotify.
We also have a wifi which works just fine, but as ...
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Why can't I seem to keep a reliable connection when utilizing two adapters?
I'm currently in an interesting situation. All of my computers are connected to a wifi network (which has an internet connection). Connecting to that is easy enough. In my room I also have a local ...
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Networking issues: some hostnames resolve to hostname.lan some to .local, some don't resolve at all?
I have 2 routers: 1 is an ADSL ethernet router and connected to that is a WIFI router.
I have a Dlink NAS box, Raspberry PI and my iMac connected by ethernet to the first router.
On my iMac the NAS ...
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When I change the subnet for the LAN interface on a Sonicwall firewall the WAN interfaces go haywire. What should I do?
Our company's old subnet was 255.255.255.0. To adjust for growth we decided to implement a 255.255.248 subnet.
Upon changing this in our Sonicwall's LAN interface, our WAN connections quit working ...
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Set Ethernet Network as Metered Connection in Windows 8
Windows 8 introduced a new feature which allows users to set any Wi-Fi network as metered so that they can check their bandwidth usage:
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But, it doesn't allow users to set any Ethernet ...
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Connect to two LAN networks with a single card
I'm connected to a LAN with the aid of DHCP. Now and then, I need to reach a laptop someone brings to the office that's not configured to use DHCP. So far I need to do the following:
Connect laptop ...
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What protocols are common for LAN discovery?
I noticed that my XP pops up a baloon about that it found my UPNP-enabled router whenever I reconnect network.
In my windows command line, I can enter Net View supposedly to see computers in the ...
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how to access systems between ADSL modem and a proxy server which is using internet from that ADSL modem
PC A1 PC A2
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clients computers can't resolve windows server's DNS name to join to domain
I have set up a Windows Server 2012 Standard edition at home for learning purposes with the IP 10.1.1.2/16. I also have an ADSL wireless router which connects everything together and works as the DHCP ...
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How to redirect / route VPN traffic to back standing local network?
There are two computers one "HOME" with Ubuntu 10.10 installed, and another "WORK" with WinXP installed. WORK PC is behind draconian firewall. However, let's imagine, that there is VPN connection ...
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What is Windows command to convert machine name to ip address and vice versa?
I need to know the ip address of another machine in a lan network.
What is the Windows command for getting ip address from machine name and vice versa?
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Can I combine two LANs into one to get double speed?
I have 2 LANs in my own PC & 2 Routers (TP-Link WR941N each) with 2 internet accounts (512Kbps each) connected to the same ISP signal & company using NanoStation 5 from ubnt.
As you know the ...
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LAN connection not working for 100mbps half/full and auto for one particular LAN point
I use unlimited broadband internet connection through LAN provided by our internet provider, without any domestic router. Recently, I am not able to connect my ACER laptop to the net as a message ...
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How to connect to MySQL server in LAN?
Here is the technical description.
My laptop's config:
IP Adress:192.168.2.5
MySQL Server 5.0 on port 3306
Operating System: Ubuntu
The database is in this machine
My friend's laptop config:
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Gigabit LAN not working on ASUS M2N-MX
Today I replace my FastEthernet switch with a newly bought gigabit switch (DGS-1008A). All computers in my house are displaying that the connection speed is 1 Gbps except for one.
The computer that ...
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Iptables drop forward packets to specific host
I am having trouble isolating a specific host from others on my lan.
What I am trying to do is only allow communication between 192.168.0.2. and 192.168.0.8 as well as not allow any other host to ...
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is it possible to connect to internet from one remote system
I have a query to know if it is possible to get connected to internet from a remote system . This means that suppose there are three computers A,B,C. the system A is connected to internet(lets say via ...
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Why does my LAN see Hostnames as the external NAT address and not the LAN IP address?
I've got a number of computers connected to a WiFi router - either over WiFi or Ethernet. Some Windows and some MAC. The WiFi router is connected to a cable modem.
The WiFi router is doing the DHCP ...
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LAN members Ubuntu machines can't see each other
I have LAN with three ubuntu 12.04 machines. Everyone see only itself and router:
nmap -v -sP 192.168.1.2/24 | grep -v "host down"
Nmap scan report for D-link.HomeGateway (192.168.1.1)
Host is up ...
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how to display an image all PCs on a LAN
i have 10 pcs connected on a LAN using a 16-port hub...our LAN was setup for educational reasons..my problem is how can i display the image in PC# 1 to all the PCs connected on the network?what ...
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How to set up a home WEB server Ubuntu and test over LAN Windows 7 XAMPP Lampp
I am looking for a guide on how to set up a local home server that will also be used as a web server. I have an old desktop with Ubuntu 12.10 and wish for this to be used as my central web and local ...
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How to share mutliple internet connections in Windows 7
I have set up a virtual WLAN adapter for connecting my phone to my Laptop like the following:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<ssid> key=<key> keyUsage=persistent
netsh wlan ...
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How to configure Gateway as Proxy Server
In my office environment, my machine is configured with an IP address, Subnet Mask and a Default Gateway. The Default Gateway does not allow internet connectivity but is configured to provide us with ...
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Work VPN only slow on at my house
I am connecting to my work VPN from home. It is EXTREMELY SLOW. network admin and sys admin see no issues on the VPN side. IE, it is working properly from them when they are on the vpn and the ...
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How to connect to a computer on LAN using some other account then earlier used?
I have 7 computers on the LAN in a small home office, and one of the computers PC01 has data that will be accessed by other users. Till now, all I had to do was share the relevant folders with ...
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Where can I find specifications of my ethernet card?
As the title says, I've got an ethernet card but not enough specs information.
I have tried looking in Device Manager -> Properties but no dice. Google searches haven't revealed much.
The card is ...
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I was wondering how to throttle your LAN connection not use qos [closed]
I currently own a verizon mifi 2200. I was wondering how to throttle other connections on the network. I am pretty sure that mifi 2200 does not have the QoS options. I have linux and windows avalible. ...
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Computer requires a reboot to get LAN connectivity
I have a lan adapter connected on my pc. However the first time I power it on it doesnt appear in the adapter setting and I have no internet connectivity. I have to restart the computer for me to get ...
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Wake on LAN on Uverse Router
I'm trying to set up Wake on LAN on my Uverse 2WIRE router, and running in to issues. I can't figure out how to set up UDP Port 9 forwarding.
I was using this tutorial, but got stuck at the UDP ...
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Can system admin know which website I visit
I'm behind a LAN, assigned a fixed IP, a default gateway and preferred DNS. Can the system admin know which site I visit, without installing a virus in my computer. In other words, can he log my web ...
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Simple Network Connection issue
Using Windows XP, all Notebooks (HP6910p) are connected to switch through cables. Cables are okay/tested and working perfectly. All of computers are automatically being assigned an IP on network ...
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Keep computer name the same over LAN and VPN
I have a small home network and a OPENVPN server on one of them. The VPN is working but instead of keeping the same computer name over VPN they change to their ip like 10.8.1.4 etc.
Is there a way so ...
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What is a straight forward way of sharing files over the LAN between Ubuntu and Windows [closed]
I have Ubuntu desktop in an old PC and I bought a new PC, pre-loaded with Windows 7. These are connected in a LAN. I am able to ssh to Ubuntu from Windows fine through putty. Over the years of use of ...
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How to join a windows corporate network from ubuntu linux? [closed]
I'm working in a company with very strict computer and network usage rules and I thought that if I install ubuntu as dual boot OS, I'll somehow be able to circumvent the Windows based restrictions ...
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Allowing LAN users to send requests to a printer
I have a Xerox Phaser3500N printer. I have connected it to my PC using a USB cable. I now want users on my LAN to to be able to send print jobs to this printer via my machine. How can I set this up?
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Use name instead of IP address for home network
I have IIS7 on my computer, and I can access it through other computers in my house on the same network through my computer's IP address - 192.168.1.10x
Instead of typing in http : //192.168.1.10x/ I ...
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What is the real difference between LAN and WAN?
What I understand is:
A LAN is connecting two or more computers to form a cable network between them.
A WAN is connecting two or more computers over a broad area to form a cable network between ...
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Guest wifi mode on a secondary router
I am trying to configure a router as a secondary WiFi access point, that provides internet access but prevents access to the local network.
The router supports both, but I cannot get it to work.
My ...
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malware has infected PC with Windows 7 OS (64-bit), taken over admin account
and given itself inherited permissions. At the same time, the former owner of PC, myself, and the admin account created under my name is denied any services that have apparently been installed by ...
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How to connect to a remote VM using vagrant?
I have two Windows 7 machines in my local network.
One Windows 7 with Virtual Box (running Ubuntu) installed.
Is it possible to connect to the Ubuntu from another machine by using vagrant ?
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DNS server using BIND9 for LAN [DEBIAN]
I am trying to configure LAN DNS server using BIND9 on DEBIAN.
Context: network mask: 255.255.0.0, network IP: 10.1.xxx.xxx
I own a public domain example.com, managed by external NS and my aim is to ...
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Asus A43S's network adapter
I got a problem with my laptop's network adapter.When I turn on my wireless network adapter or connect my broadband via usb and connect to the internet,My laptop totally crashed and stop working.I did ...
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Fritz Box Internet Capacity distributed on Computer
I want to look in the Admin Panel of Fritz Box (version 5.50), which computer is consuming how much internet capacity.
I only found a statistic, where you can look how much internet capacity was used ...
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How can I install msg.exe?
I have downloaded msg.exe and installed it but I just can't manage to use it.
I work under Windows 7 and since NetSend disappeared I had to find a solution and that's why I downloaded msg.exe and ...
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775twins hdtv motherboard doesnt have Ethernet drivers for win 7
I have 775twins hdtv motherboard but in the manufacturer site there are only drivers for windows xp, and my computer is missing the Ethernet drivers what can I do
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how to download a single file in separate chunks with different computers in LAN?
I have access to a LAN network with about 20 computers and I want to download a file with large size which will take ages to download with my current download speed ( 50 kilo-byte/s )
So, I am ...
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Can not connect to server via LAN but can connect via 3G
With every computer in de building using LAN internet connection there is, since today, one server that we can not connect to. I have tested it with multiple websites which run on the server. However ...
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LAN not working
I have a HP Desktop computer, its like the LAN is not working but if i try to connect another desktop on the same LAN cable its working. All the drivers are installed and its picking up the LAN cable ...
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Share internet of LAN proxied with PC Windows 7
After lots of research on the internet, I didn't find any working solution.
This is how my work network is setup:
PC (10.20.X.X) -> Proxy (10.20.X.X) -> Internet through authentication
Now, I want ...
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How to get the values of Sent and Received LAN data?
Is there any command that shows me the amount of data sent and received, same as Sent and Received data for my LAN connection (picture bellow)?
I need to pipe this info into a file for further use.
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