Questions tagged [isp]
An Internet service provider (ISP) is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs connect customers to the Internet using copper, wireless or fiber connections.
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In a GPON network, running wireshark captures SIP phone calls from other users
I plugged my laptop into my ONT and fired up Wireshark.
To my surprise a lot of SIP packects were present, and I could see phone numbers of other costumers, and the people they called. I didn't ...
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How to connect ONT to a non-ISP provided router?
My final objective is to load balance the internet signal from two different ISPs and distribute that through a mesh network.
My initial setup was the following. I have a cable modem from which I ...
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Routers can not obtain DHCP lease from modem, but PC can
I have two different routers from different brands, neither of which can obtain a DHCP lease from the modem. But if I connect a PC directly to the modem, it obtains one connects immediately. This only ...
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Domains seemingly throttling my connection since I switched ISPs
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I recently switched internet service providers and ever since I've been having issues loading certain sites. The tech support folks were of little help, and I suspect the root cause is ...
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how to diagnose very slow internet - intermittent symptom & not related to local browser
symptom - at random intervals , the web slows down to the point that any new page takes + 20 seconds for a first paint to show up. Usually within 2 hours these slowdowns resolve. for dev in San Fran ...
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Packet Drop When BGP Withdrawal
We are announcing our prefix to ISP A and ISP B via BGP,
1.0.0.0/23 to ISP A, and 1.0.0.0/24 and 10.0.1.0/24 to ISP B.
What we want is that when we withdraw 1.0.0.0/24 from ISP B, communication for 1....
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Set Static Route between two countries (OpenVPN)
I have a situation that when i try to connect to a destination via a VPN tunnel connection, something goes wrong and the route to destination goes wrong and gets lost and never reach the destination!
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Multiple WiFi Router
I have 9 WiFi routers connected to switch, 2 of the routers cannot connect to the internet unless I shutdown 2 router.
Should I use static configuration to all routers ?
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My isp gave me 1 modem and 1 router which i have in my house but later they gave 2 other connections to different users from my modem
My isp gave me 1 modem and 1 router which i have in my house but later they gave 2 other connections to different users from my modem. Are they cheating other users or they can just use my modem for ...
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TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur withing 60 seconds
I'm working remotely using my laptop by connecting to the office VPN server (in India), if I connect from UAE, the connection works immediately fine... But now when I try to connect from Egypt (using ...
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Why does my ISP router (home) have 4 IP addresses? [closed]
My home router (ISP rental) has 4 IPs. Is this appropriate?
My son feels this is a security risk and he would like to remove 2 of the IPs. Is there a problem, and is his advice good?
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Network Issues - How to distinguish problems with ISP and wifi backhaul - how to do a packet loss test
I currently live in the basement and Ethernet hasn't been drawn down here, hence I purchased Netgear Orbi rbr750 to hopefully get some decent performance. Now I have the router upstairs and my ...
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Setup fiber home network with single Router connection to FTTH ISP
Networking noob here. I have the following network setup at home (north Germany) right now:
As you see, the ISP ONT inside the top floor of my house has an SC/UPC connector that connects to a ...
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How ISP subnet works with public IP?
This is maybe a beginner question but I was wondering
how ISP subnet works, if it's like a private local LAN.
If my private IP is: 192.168.1.10 / subnet 255.255.255.0 / gateway 192.168.1.1, then I can ...
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Router bandwitch vs ISP bandwith
when I am using a router for example of 300Mbps, and i have a download speed of 100Mbps and 25 Mbps of upload, when i am connecting to internet, is this speed affecting my lan bandwidth? for example, ...
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Port forwarding works for friends that have the same ISP as me, but It doesn't work for anyone with a different ISP?
I'm trying to host a Minecraft server at home for friends, and it's not going well.
I have done the following:
Set up the server
Allowed the server through the firewall
Configured my router to allow ...
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How to fix unintentionally bandwidth sharing of 2 different fiber optic lines?
I have 2 different fiber optic lines on 2 separated accounts, separate routers but of the exactly same model from the same ISP. They both have their own IP address. The problem is that when I upload ...
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How does ISP's DNS works?
Computers can connect websites using ISP's default DNS even if a DNS is not configured. How do clients or the router know the address of the DNS?
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How to direct all traffic from ISP modem to Wi-Fi router?
I have my ISP router (192.168.100.0/24) in the first floor of my house and where all ethernet cables are going to from each room.
Then I have my main TP-Link Archer AX6000 router (192.168.0.0/24) in ...
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Networking: I would like to setup two internet connections on the same local network creating a subnet for each one
I currently have a regular home network. There is a router with several devices connected either via WiFi or ethernet. Every device “sees” the other ones, so we can share stuff between PCs, connect to ...
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Internet speed tests show fast download speeds, but "real-world" download speeds are significantly slower
Before we begin, I would like to clarify that I am aware that internet speed is measured in Mb/s (megabits per second) while most applications show download speeds in MB/s (megabytes per second), and ...
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DNS Caching Issue w/ DD-WRT
So I have a DD-WRT router and I have my router DNS server pointed to
Google DNS(1.1.1.1) Ad Guard DNS (94.140.14.14 & 94.140.15.15)
Router Screenshot of DNS Record
When I perform a DIG request on ...
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Why does double-NAT networking intercommunication works only in one direction?
So I set up a simple network: first comes the modem, then comes the router and behind the router my end devices. I can access the modem network from my local area network behind the router, but when I ...
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How can I find websites that route through a specific router at my ISP?
My internet connection has packet loss, but only for TCP SYN packets, and only to a handful of websites. Trying to convince my ISP's support hotline that there is an issue when the only examples I can ...
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Slow link. Seeing this DSL statistics - is it rather me or my ISP?
My typical DSL speed used to be about 9Mbit/s down and 1Mbit/s up, just as advertised. Yesterday it dropped below 0.2Mbit/s (measured with modem's WLAN turned off and my laptop as a single wired ...
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Is my IPv6 behind an ISP CGNAT?
I am trying to SSH into my PC from outside my house using its IPv6 address, and I get an error of "host is unreachable".
test-ipv6.com gives me 10/10 score.
Pinging my router's IPv6 works.
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2 different users accessing internet banking from mobile browser at different time but IP address and user agent string is exactly the same
Is it possible to have a scenario where there are 2 different users accessing internet banking (using their own credentials) from mobile browser at different time using the same mobile device, but ...
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Can you connect 2 networks from 2 different providers to 1 motherboard?
I was unhappy with the reliability of the broadband offered by my mobile service provider, but they've made it so there isn't a TV plan I'm happy with w/o broadband, so I'm still connected to them.
I ...
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Test internet speed over a period of time
I´m having issues with slow internet. I have used speedtest.net at different times of the day and week and the result tells me that I get 10-20% of the bandwidth that I pay for.
My ISP tells me that ...
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How I tell which Internet provider my computer is using?
I have RCN as my internet provider and just signed up for Xfinity Comcast Internet and they told me that it is enabled. I'm trying to have minimal downtime without internet so I'm not how I can tell ...
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Is my connection speed okay?
I have a so-called ADSL2+ connection with this characteristics displaying in my zyxel modem page:
noise margin downstream: 9.6 dB
output power upstream: 12.2 dbm
attenuation downstream: 34.2 dB
Upon ...
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How does ISP know when to change the dynamic IP?
As I understand, ISP uses DHCP protocol to give out IPs from some pool. Every time they give the IP via DHCP it has a lease time. At the end of a lease time, a router can receive the same IP - but it ...
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Proper implementation of IPv6 for LAN when having Dynamic IPv6 address from ISP
I have a working IPv6 setup with LAN and WAN interfaces.
However, there is challenge since ISP provides the Dynamic IPv6 address (range) instead of static (I do not know why?).
So, any time the WAN ...
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How much router packet loss is acceptable?
I have had issues with my internet connection. My ISP has several times dropped my internet connection all together and it has been down for several days. When calling support they analyse and call ...
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Visibility of browsing history to ISP
I was reading an article discussing the deleterious effects of ISPs locking down customers with mandatory antiquated routers supplied by the very same ISP while providing fiber-net connections. One ...
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What could be causing my download/ping issues?
Disclaimer, I will be referring to ping as the result of the ping 8.8.8.8 command.
I am connected via FTTH to a (relatively) newly constructed Gigabit fiber network (~2020).
For several months it ...
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Weird network issue
I just had a very strange experience. I could not open any internet connections, but pings worked fine and existing connections continued working as if nothing had happened.
I know nothing about the ...
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No connection to server from the internet - how to know if the router blocks it?
I don't know much about network-related issues. I am trying to set up a small web server on a Raspberry Pi. I have the latest Raspberry Pi OS and installed Apache on it, and when opening the local IP ...
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ISP router interface missing a lot of settings
I'm thinkng of upgrading my garbage ONT modem/router that was provided to me by my ISP (Orange Morocco). The major problem is in their Router (ZTE F660) they're running a custom firmware in which they ...
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Ipv6 Individual ip adresses [duplicate]
my question is when you use ipv6, does the router still use NAT?
I've searched for an hour and haven't found any info on this.
what i mean is whether the ISP will use the same ip for multiple homes, ...
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Can Windows 10 on A modern laptop support simultaneous connections to two ISPs?
I live in a rural area with only two choices for Internet connection, 1.2 Mbit/s DSL from AT&T or 15 Mbit/s from old-style satellites with 700 ms ping time and fast only in averages.
The fast ...
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Can ISP block access point configuration at their side?
I have two homes on the same building flour. Earlier ISP administration allowed me to use single connection in both homes. So ISP connection was provided to one home and then I had a router configured ...
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Whats actually inside an ISP?
I was wondering what's actually inside an ISP. Google just said, "it connects your computer to the internet" which is just too high level for my curiosity. It is a bunch on network switches ...
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Is there a way to find out if blocking is implemented by the website itself or my ISP?
Basically Im in a country where the government is known to block many sites/protocols..
And Im also aware that websites / servers can simply region block my IPaddress, and this has become more popular ...
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If a router is seemingly blocking VPN usage, is there a way around it?
Background: I'm staying at an Airbnb, so I'm using the internet through a router and ISP that are unknown to me. And I have no access to the router unless I'm going to try to get my host to do work on ...
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Port forwarding issue - Connection refused when SSHing into a configured port
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I do have an public IP, which I can verify on WhatIsMyIPAddress;
When I try to connect to my computer from the outside via any of these
ssh myusername@mypublicIP
ssh -p 22 myusername@...
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Different IP location from origin ISP
So, I'm from India recently my ISP Excitel located in India modify their network. I think it's merge to cogent ISP which located in United State which completely provide different external IP, if I ...
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IP address from ISP
I am learning about routers and PAT right now. I am thinking about my public address assigned to my home router. Is it possible that ISP didn't provide real public address for me but instead it gave ...
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ISP throttling only windows devices upload speed
Hey guys so recently i have been facing upload speed issues with windows 10, my internet speed is 8mbps up/down, my upload speed seems to be throttled by ISP but only on windows devices. when i live ...
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Can my ISP detect high traffic usage of SSH connection?
I heard ISPs, internet service providers, are watching the internet and how we use their services. So for example a big sized download/upload traffic through torrent is being blocked by some ISPs, or ...
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