Questions tagged [multi-homed]

Multi-homed refers to a computer which uses more than one connection to a network.

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Can't figure out routing on multi-homed machine

I'm having no success setting up routes and I suspect I have a misconception about what's needed. On a multihomed machine (Master) with 2 networks (N1 wired, N2 wireless HotSpot), Master can ping ...
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How to create a multi-homed Docker container from command-line?

How do I create 2 NICs in a Docker container, each having a different MAC address, from outside of the container, when the container is created / spawned off for the first time? That is, using the ...
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Simple Failover dual homing setup

I have a 50Mbps fiber connection, and it has daily downtime of 10%. The connection is down, exactly when I start to do something important. Also, I have a 4G connection with 4GB/day limit and weekend ...
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Windows 10 multihomed routing - RDP black screens, locking and connection timeouts

I have several windows 10 machines with (A) 1Gbs and (B) 40Gbs networks cards. The cards are on different networks, but both provide a path to same router. The router has 4 networks, WAN, (C), (A) ...
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Linux routing with cable modem, two dynamic IPs, and QOS?

I have a cable modem that provides 2 public IPs over dhcp. I currently use 2 routers to obtain two IPs and 2 gateways onto the Internet. This is because the ISP throttles an IP if it detects any ...
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Multihomed Windows 10 DNS resolution timeouts

I have a number of multihomed Windows 10 client VMs joined to a Windows 2012 R2 domain. Ethernet1 is connected to a LAN with the domain controllers (which do not have forwarders, or access to the root ...
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Is there a magic box that can simulate 2 different IP addresses through a USB port

In work we have equipment pc's that is segrgated to the company network because the machine makers pc standard never matches the comapny requirements and validation activities render it impossible to ...
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Two (multiple) internet providers?

I have two (multiple) separate internet providers. Is it possible to setup my network so that it use both (all) of them to speed up both download and upload (packet-level routing)? If it is not ...
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Hooking Linux machine to secondary router/ISP: how to setup routing correctly?

Abstract: I have (I presume routing) issues when adding a secondary ISP to my existing network setup: incoming traffic through Router1 is not answered, but local traffic and incoming through Router0 ...
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Does a flexible (e.g. DHCP) Windows multihomed wifi adapter configuration exist?

Given Location Configuration Internet & wifi modem address: 192.168.0.1 no DHCP iDrac remote server access: 192.168.0.250 Firewall router with NAT: 192.168.0.254 -> 192.168.5.0/24 DHCP & ...
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How to run a cable and an ADSL internet connection simultaneously for increased uptime?

I have a cable connection and an ADSL connection. I often play online games and I want an uninterrupted connection. I have only one ethernet port on my computer. So, when I'm in the middle of a game, ...
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Use wifi and ethernet simultaneously?

I have an ethernet connection that is very fast but imposes severe speed restrictions after 4gb of usage in a day. There is also a wifi connection that is slightly slower, but with no limit, so its ...
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When a PC has both a wired and a wireless connection, how is information transferred?

My PC has two connections (wireless and wired) simultaneously. Both of them have an internet connection. In this situation, how does it connect to the internet? How do my LAN and WLAN interfaces know ...
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VLAN configuration utility in Windows 7

Is there any equivalent of Linux vconfig utility in Windows 7? From reading Wireshark docs, I see that Windows doesn't have any built in support mechanism for VLAN. How can you setup Windows ...
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How can I use multiple IP-addresses, multi-homing, on a Windows 7 machine?

Is there an easy way to set up multiple IP-addresses (multi-homing) for a Windows 7 machine? Today the machine is on a LAN and the IP-address is allocated by DHCP, I can change to static address ...
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pfSense: Have router connect, and route, to a PPTP server?

i have a main office running a PPTP VPN server (Microsoft Remote Access Services). Is it possible for the pfSense router at a satellite location to automatically route traffic destined for the main ...
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