Questions tagged [router]
A router is a device that forwards data packets across multiple networks. Questions tagged with router can cover router hardware, software, and network configuration.
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Two wireless extenders with same mac address...How to assign IP address dhcp
I have two wireless extenders, and they both have the exact same mac address (same make and model)
Now, they work fine in the network, I just wanted to know how can I assign them specific IP ...
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Can't connect to the router when using Linux as a router
I am using Linux as a router to filter and tunnel all the traffics from LAN through PPTP VPN,
I managed to set up the router, which is an Ubuntu virtual machine, and the client, which is also an ...
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Working wifi but cannot connect to it - says connection excellent?
For two days I've been unable to connect to my wifi although it shows that my connection is 'Excellent'.
• I can connect through wired ethernet
• Netbook wifi is enabled
• Done a hard reset
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Can I use a static routing table in my router to fix a path to a particular server on the public web?
I am trying to improve my internet performance and using Speedtest.net I can see that a particular server on the public web has much faster ping times and bandwidth than others. Can I use a static ...
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Need iptables commands to permit all WAN originating traffic to enter the LAN side of a router
I have three routers. Router0's WAN interface connects to the ISP, and the WAN interface of Router1 and Router2 connect to Router0's LAN interfaces (i.e. hard wired).
So this is what it looks like, ...
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How can I log into wireless router from Win8?
I recently purchased a new laptop, running Windows 8. It's connected to my home wifi network, and everything works fine. Or at least, I thought it worked fine... until I needed to connect to the ...
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Router configuration
I have a Netgear WNR1000 router. On my PC I am running a tomcat server on port 8001. But the problem is I cannot browse the tomcat server from my phone (though both phone and pc are under same LAN) ...
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Youtube causes all browsers to drop internet connectivity
I am running a Windows xp SP3. I currently have the exact same symptoms as this user here. Youtube breaks my internet connection, however the solution was related wireless headphones. I find that when ...
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Use vodafone easy-box umts-stick slot for usb network drive
I own a Vodafone DSL-EasyBox 602 as router for my home wlan. This device includes a USB-UMTS-Stick Slot for mobile internet. I don't use this USB slot and was wondering, if I could use this USB Slot ...
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N access point connected to G router
Any issues connecting an N access point via an ethernet cable to a G router?
I currently have a wrt54gl router in one room (where it's connected by cables to various devices). I'm usually in another ...
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Internet Wifi 100 half duplex?
Well I have been trying to figure out why the fios connection
has been total crap on wifi. I was looking through some
settings and found the port configuration option somewhere in
the settings where ...
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Wireless signal constantly fluctuates between -30 to -95dB, is this fixable?
My current ISP recently replaced or old modem with a new one with a built in router with wireless access. Because of this I decided just connect everything on that new router using switches, because I ...
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Can't connect to some web hosting FTPs after installing DD-WRT on my router
I have recently installed DD-WRT on my D-Link DIR-615 router. Everything seems fine but I cannot connect to some FTP servers (web hosting) anymore. Any ideas what can cause this issue?
CuteFTP is ...
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Dlink DIR-600 significantly slowing connection speed
Mode Download speed
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Wired 1.3 Mbps
DIR600 15 Kbps
I don't understand this network thing well, just configured my router:
I also don't think there's a channel issue, ...
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How can I update the firmware on a Virgin Superhub?
A long time ago, I was with Virgin Media for my Internet. Since then, I have moved on, but as I was never asked to return the router, I still have it, so I have integrated it into my (non-Virgin) ...
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Connect to wireless network via another computer's ethernet port
I have a computer running Debian 7.0 that is connected to a wireless network
I have a second computer that only has Ethernet, and there is nowhere to plug it into a router directly.
Is there any way ...
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Am I experiencing a hardware or software issue?
I have 3 computers in my network connected to the same router.
Computer A - my desktop computer
Computer B - Web server
Computer C - Mail server and SQL server
Everything is set up correctly ...
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NAT router sends RST to a server where a NAT'ed client is connected to
As I tried to remove some Ethernet wires in my home network, I took an older notebook with Linux and tried to use it as some kind of Ethernet-2-WiFi-NAT-router (Wi-Fi card can't act as bridge, so I ...
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TP-Link WR740N router won't reset nor provide wireless access
Last week I needed to restart my router for an unknown reason. When it rebooted there were only two LEDs on (Power, and Internet connection).
I just tried to factory reset the router since wireless ...
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Diagnose wifi problems
First of all sorry for any spelling errors i might have i'm using my tablet.
The problem is simple my wifi connection keeps dropping.
The wifi signal is full.
My home wifi works great this is from ...
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Router DNS timeouts
The big issue is that I constantly have DNS timeouts when using my Buffalo WZR-300HP router (DD-WRT version "v24SP2-MULTI (07/09/12) std - build 19438"), both wired and wireless. I haven't figured out ...
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Enabling NAT loopback on HG556a router?
This is one of the standard issue vodafone routers. So i set up web-server on my laptop, and it is accessible to the internet now.
However I need to be able to access it from my machine using the ...
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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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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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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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connection timed out after ddwrt install
I got a new 1043, v1.10, downgraded it to the german firmware. It was working fine. Than I tried to upgrade with factory-to-ddwrt.bin, build 21061.
Now I get an error when I try to reach 192.168.1.1:
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Laptop wifi not working with one particular router
There is a laptop that has a connecting problem to the internet with one particular router. Actually I'm not sure that the problem is with the router or not! I was able to load google.com and get ...
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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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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 to get username/password of Netcomm modem?
I am trying to login to a Netcomm modem NB16VM but admin/admin doesn't work.
How can I get the correct username/password?
How do I do a hard reset of the modem? Will that revert the username/...
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modem doesn't pass internet connection to router
I have a Westell 2200 modem and just got a Lyksys E2500 router. I can get on internet with modem direct to computer and I can get router signal (I see the network on my iPhone) but when I put the ...
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Cisco - client can ping but router not
I configured a HE.net IPv6 Tunnel on my router which has two WAN ports. The strange thing is that all clients are able to ping IPv6 hosts on Internet, but my router cannot ping anyone.
Here's the ...
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Browser randomly opens router login requester instead of webpage
I don't understand why this is happening..3 or 4 times a day when I'm browsing the web I'll click a link in my bookmarks and instead of going to the webpage a requester comes up asking for my router ...
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VLAN configuration for 2 gateways
I have a Cisco SG200-50 50 port switch and I want to configure it so there is one big LAN (all computers on the switch can see each other), but half the computers only see the first gateway, and half ...
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Is it possible to create a network proxy that accepts connections over both WiFi and ethernet?
I have a 'traditional' home network where my ISP modem/router acts provides WiFi hotspot and 4 ethernet connections for my home PCs.
I want to add a proxy server that will connect to the modem via ...
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Windows persistent route gateway unavailable so default route used
I have a server with 2 NIC's. Default route is added to primary NIC only, as usual. Persistent route added to route table to force traffic to a certain destination subnet out the second NIC. It ...
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tp-link 1043nd no internet after flashing to gargoyle firmware
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ive recently bought a tp-link wr1043nd version 1.10 and flashed gargoyle firmware 1.5.9 onto it (after intermediate step of flashing from stock firmware to german version of firmware)
ive read ...
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Force the use of OpenDNS with an Edimax router
I am using an Edimax router on my home network and have set the default DNS addresses to those of OpenDNS's Family Shield. But now I realise the protection is safe only if I force the use of OpenDNS ...
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Can I use two routers; one for DSL connection & the other to admin my network?
This topic has come up extensively when it comes to interconnecting two wireless routers. My question is quite different. Here is my current setup;
Main Router is a Siemens DSL modem/Router to which ...
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Visiting my own domain from internal network shows the router login screen
I recently set up an Apache web server under ubuntu 12.10 and am having trouble when clients access it from the same network it's on.
Outside my wifi network, clients use "myurl.com". The host ...
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Router logs showing something strange
I had been playing a game earlier when I started lagging, not abnormal though it was happening sporadically over the period of about an hour, which is pretty weird for me. I went to check my router to ...
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Redirecting All Requests - Linksys Router
I currently have a Cisco WRV200 Wireless-G VPN router with RangeBooster, with that I've created an Access Point and set up a small Local Area Network.
This Local Area Network obviously has no access ...
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run the same hosts on my local network?
I don't know how to explain that but I want to do the same like if I got in my hosts file any host to resolve but in a network scope. when the try to access to some website like http:///www.google.co....
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Modem and PC refuse to work together
A friend of mine asked me to help him with his network, strangely his ADSL modem always disconnects whenever he plugs in his computer. But as long his computer is offline the modem works just fine for ...
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Unable to connect to router/modem using Ethernet but can connect using Wireless
I can connect to my routers admin 192.168.1.1 using my laptops wireless connection, but I cannot connect using the LAN ports. Can this mean that the LAN ports are defective? I've tried everything from ...
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How can I easily switch between my home network and a corporate VPN?
I work from home and have a Cisco 8000 series router on my desk that provides VPN connectivity to my company's network. The router sits between my ISP-provided router and my computer. While I am ...
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Sending data requests to an inactive router
Say I send a connection request to some website (eg. Google) through a router, which then sends it to the modem. If the modem is powered off, what happens? How does the router handle the resulting ...
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Router requires a power cycle super often, drives me bananas
So let me start with the problem. Quite often the wireless network in my house stops working and I'm forced to unplug and plug it back in (power cycle) -- I'm going to estimate this happens 10-25 ...
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barebones features for a DD-WRT router acting as PPTP server
I have a little router (Linksys E900) only to act as a VPN server. I have a decent router behind it, handling radio anyway. So I am happy to relegate any other CPU-intensive stuff to the bigger router,...
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Connect lan printer to wlan on seperate networks
We have two modems in our offices providing two different internet connections. One modem is linked to an ethernet switch which connects 10 PCs and a printer together. The other Modem is connected to ...