Questions tagged [networking]
For questions on connecting devices together so that they can communicate with each other, as well as questions on networking equipment such as routers and switches.
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Multiple Access Points - Same SSID (Complicated Setup)
My current network utilizes WPA2-Enterprise as its authentication method. I am trying to extend my network further, but most wireless routers that I have found don't support repeating a WPA2-...
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Can't access my IP from outside
I've just installed DD-WRT (DD-WRT v24-sp2 build 21676) into my TP-Link (TL-WR1043ND) router. I've setup port forwarding for port 80 to my machine port 80 and it works well under LAN access (checked ...
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Change mac address on a wireshark packet
I have captured a sip packet using wireshark. I am trying to replay that packet on a different network. I need to change the source/destination ip as well as source/destination mac address in this ...
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Cant ping Vbox guest from host but can ping it from other devices on network?
Host OS: Fedora 17 with Virtual Box with IP 10.51.49.6
Guest OS: CentOS 6.3 with IP 10.51.49.13
Guest networking mode is set to Bridged to eth0 on Host but what I cannot do is connect from Host to ...
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Nmap not returning hostnames when connected to 2 networks
I've the following configuration : 1 computeur connected a 1 network over Wifi and another network over ethernet. These 2 network are totally independant.
I'm using nmap (6.00) to check which ...
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Specific traffic over OpenVPN
So I have OpenVPN on my NAS set-up and working, but my provider pushes "redirect-gateway" down meaning that all traffic is sent over VPN.
The basic problem is that I want only certain programs to use ...
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Samsung Home Theater Wireless usb adapter
I have a Samsung Home Theater that you can install a WLAN USB device into. When installed you will be able to get on the wireless network and view Netfilx, YouTube, Pandora, etc.
There is a ...
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Connect Tomato router over WiFi to public VPN WiFi and keep local WiFi & LAN behind NAT?
I want to use my Tomato based router as a WiFi gateway to the outside world, but also use the internal WLAN SSID.
The reason is that I have a couple of devices that I do not want to connect to the ...
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Can others on "Home" or "Work" networks access my Windows 7 computer?
I am having Windows 7 Home Basic. If I am using Home or Work network, can others connect to my PC even if Remote Assistance is disabled ?
By connect I mean others being able to do any of the ...
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Windows 7 Starter Network
In my work place we have a small network with computers running Windows 7 Starter and a computer running Windows 7 Professional.
I know Starter can't create a network (share files and printer), so ...
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epson workforce wireless printer connectivity problems
I have an Epson Workforce 845 printer and I did the initial set up with the newest drivers from Epson. I connected it to my computer to configure the network settings and they are correct. I have been ...
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Change UDP port with iptables for VPN clients
What I want to do is say that for all UDP connections on interface ppp0 that have a destination port of 53, change that destination port to 1053.
I am attempting to change the destination port of UDP ...
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Monitoring Internet data from modem
I'm about to get a new ADSL internet connection and the data available is split between me and two other housemates.
As I am going to be the administrator, I was wondering if there is any way to ...
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No Internet Access for Metro Apps [duplicate]
I have a Laptop running Windows8 that is connected to the Internet via LAN. Because I do not have a WiFi router at the moment, I am sharing Internet over a hostednetwork (ICS enabled for the LAN ...
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Fast HTTP downloads freeze frequently
I've been having a problem recently when it comes to downloading files with fast speeds (of any size) using HTTP.
The problem is mostly happening on a specific file-hosting site that I bought a ...
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DNS issues on VirtualBox with Host-Only Adapter
I'm using Virtual Box to do LAMP development. I'm trying to test an external service' API, but the DNS on the VM only seems to resolve about half the time. I'm using Windows 8 and the VM is Ubuntu 10....
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using opendns, but why does dnsleak test show 5 opendns ip's?
Am using a vpn along with opendns, so there's no dns leaks. I use dnsleaktest to check, and it shows many opendns ip's.
Shouldn't it just show on dns ip being in use? I'm not sure if I have my dns ...
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Cannot Use the Wireless Hosted Network Feature on Windows 7
I have 2 pc's. One of them have a broadband internet connection. Now for the second pc I connect it wirelessly to the first through a wireless USB adapter. I set up the the first pc to act as a proxy ...
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Penetration testing with WMAP, only for my domain, not the others with the same IP?
My domain got massively hacked, so I'm doing some penetration testing with it using WMAP and NMAP etc.
However, I believe it's on shared hosting, so running tests on 182.34.xx.xxx (the IP address for ...
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Virtualbox 4.1.20 No Network Access from Guest on Windows XP
I cannot get the VirtualBox guest to connect to the host or vice-versa. Whatever network setting I change on the guest does not seem to make any difference. I can see the internet and all the ...
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Accessing media drive over VPN
I have set up a VPN server using OpenVPN on my home Ubuntu 10 box as a means to access my home network drives and media drives whilst at work and on the move. I get a valid connection, can ping and ...
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Network PCs Lost internet, Server Doesnt
I currently have a small server (running Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials) and 3 pcs set up in a network. I moved the server this morning, unpacked a new printer and plugged it into the ...
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Creating symbolic link between mapped network drive and file:// url
I have a link on a shared website that points to a location on a Samba server as such:
file://my.samba.server/directory/foo.txt
On my local machine, I have the Samba server mapped to my m: drive. ...
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Is this (wireless) network layout possible with clearos?
I am planning the layout of my future home network. On it, I want to use a small pc with clearos on it as a firewall/server/router.
However, I'm having trouble with the wireless part of my network. I ...
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connect 2 PCs directly with a cable and transfer data
I have 2 laptops, both connected to the same wifi(ip looks like 10.xxx.xxx.xxx).
I want to transfer some files between them but I don't want to do it over wifi since it's slow(max 2M/s I guess). so I ...
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Local network only functionning when desktop is running
I have a dlink DIR-636L router and I have a very strange issue with it.
My local network only works when my desktop is running. When it's off, all my other computers have the "No internet access" ...
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Which network is accessed is connected when a computer is connected to a LAN & WiFi network?
When a computer is connected a LAN and Wifi network, then which network will the device access?
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Can see open network in XP , but not connect. Only happened since arriving in Australia(!?) with multiple devices
I've had a netbook for a couple of years, while travelling, and it's fantastic. Little XP Asus netbook. Never had problems.
However since arriving in Australia (Melbourne) I've run into a couple of ...
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is it possible to update tcp window scaling factor after 3-way handshake by sending a syn/ack?
tcp window scaling factor is notified during 3-way handshake period
is it possible to update tcp window scaling factor after 3-way handshake
for example, by sending a SYN/ACK with tcp header option ...
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Networking an external hard drive
Hi I want to buy an external hard drive for my macbook but I was wondering if it is possible to connect my external hard drive to a network. the external hard drive is: SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS DESKTOP 4TB ...
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VirtualBox, multiple OpenVPN connections and network config
We are setting up a system for software acceptance testing. The test computers will run Win7 or Win Server 2003 R2. The test computers will have multiple VirtualBox VMs on which the programs under ...
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How to disable/setup same name and same password authentication between two windows PCs on the same network?
My Experiment
I set up a simple network with two computers, both on the same work group.
I created a local user 'A' with password 'A' on Computer 1.
And then I created an identically named local user ...
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Set default internet connection to use 3G vs built-in wireless
Windows 7 laptop with a built-in wireless NIC and USB 3G device. If the wireless network connection fails I want to automatically kick over to the 3G connection.
I can have both running at the same ...
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FTP from IP camera to server losing packets
I'm tryin to set up a number of IP cameras (D-link DCS-920 and DCS-930L) to send images by FTP to a server (Ubuntu server (10.04 I think)). The images are about 15KB each and currently I have 6 ...
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Networking All in one packages Vs Modem / Router Combinations
I have recently acquired a Modem and Wireless router package from Virgin Media.
The router has functions for wireless routing and for use as a modem.
Previously I was using a wireless router to ...
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How can I forward sound output of some Ubuntu virtual machine to my Windows computer?
Is there a way to forward sound output from some virtual machine running Ubuntu to my Windows laptop for example using some sound server (pulse) on Ubuntu and connect to it in Windows?
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Unable to ping just 1 computer on the network
I have 2 computers on the network (Computer A & B). There are also other computers on the network.
From Computer A I am able to ping all other computers on the network except Computer B. ...
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Windows Network Bridge Connections Greyed Out
I can bridge the connection under administrator account. I have disabled the prohibit installation and configuration of Network Bridge on your DNS domain network Group Policy setting. The option to ...
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Proxy inside SOCKS 5 proxy
There's a secure LAN with a computer in it. This computer is configured with automatic proxy settings. A .pac file is used for this. With this automatic proxy configuration the computer can reach all ...
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Connect to a Windows Server 2012 share from OS X Mountain Lion
I'm having problems connecting to a Windows Server 2012 share from my iMac.
I'm connected to the server via VPN, which seems to be working:
Now when I try to connect to the share by typing smb://...
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how to set rate of ad-hoc wifi?
I am trying to run a test and I want to set the data-rate on my laptop that is setup for Ad-Hoc mode. If I run iwlist wlan0 bitrate I get a wlan0 unknown bit-rate information. response.
Undeterred, ...
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Freecom NAS drive keeps going off the network
I have a Freecom network drive 500 GB which I use for backups over the network. However, it seems to go offline and has to be turned off and turned back on. Any ideas how to fix this?
The drive is: ...
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How do I set up multiple access points with a Packetfront DRG700 broadband modem?
I have a Packetfront DRG700 broadband modem (fiberoptic), which also has a wireless DHCP server built-in. In addition I have a D-Link DIR-615 router which is connected by cable to the modem. I want ...
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OSX 10.8.3 slow SMB file access - especially over VPN
Possible same issue here: https://superuser.com/questions/514613/slow-smb-transfers-from-mountain-lion-over-vpn-to-windows-server with no answer.
On the local LAN SMB file browsing is OK. It's ...
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Plug Cat5 cable into nic of one machine, brings other machine offline
I have a really odd problem. I have two machines, and I believe the nic is defective in one machine.
When I plug a cat 5 cable into it, it brings my other machine offline and only way to bring it ...
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Youtube buffering weirdness
sometimes I have problems when loading some youtube videos.
To settle the obvious: when running these tests, I was the only one actively using the internet connection in the home and there was no ...
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linux routing outbound port 80 traffic via ssh tunnel, iptables, or a simple route
I have two hosts, A and B. Host A hosts services on port 8080 and has outbound internet firewall rules allowing port 80 and 443 access to Host C.
Host B is on the same subnet as Host A. Host B is ...
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Why do some domains ban me when using local proxy server?
I'm working on a web filter that uses a local proxy. I'm using indy to do all the work but when I'm testing, occasionally a website will block me. Why would this be? And if the proxy is local, surely ...
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Can't seem to connect to Win 7 share with smbclient 3.5.5 on Haiku
I did the registry mods mentioned here but cannot seem to connect. I say seem to, because there's no error message.
smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U myusername
smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U%
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Can't turn on Network Discovery because of services problems
Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium 64 bit with all the updates. Wireless network connection.
I can't connect this PC to my NAS; none of the other PCs on the network, or the NAS, appear when I browse the ...
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