Questions tagged [wan]
WAN or Wide Area Network is one that spans more than one geographical area, usually across city, regional or national boundaries. The Internet is an example of a WAN.
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What should remote IP be in configuring port forwarding
My server is running locally on port 7000. I want to access it remotely using public IP. I want to create a port forwarding what will be the below fields should look like given in the picture.
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Cannot access any websites when using whitelist Access Control feature on my TP-Link router
I am following the very basic instructions to set up Access Control on my TP-Link router. I want my hosts to be able to access only a few specific websites, however with my setup, the only website I ...
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SSH timeout over WAN
I have an openssh server set up on my homelab that I want to be able to connect to remotely. I have forwarded the port and tried to connect to it on LAN using the public ip of my homelab. However I ...
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Pinging a website from a cloud server in private network on hetzner over opnsense router not working
I am a newbie in nategateway and networking
I want to make a cloud server in a private network accessible to the internet through opnsense. I am using hetzner cloud provider
I tried to ping google ip (...
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Has anyone ran a pfsense firewall behind a Starlink dish and successfully deployed OpenVPN?
So I've connected my Netgate pfsense firewall directly to my starlink dish (gen 1 router with round dish) successfully, and have WAN/LAN running smoothly. Port1WAN 192.168.
I followed this video and ...
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Zyxel NR5101 - WAN direction?
I'm looking at Zyxel NR5101 product specifications where it says:
Two 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 LAN ports, LAN1 can be configured for Ethernet WAN port
I'm used to having Asus routers where I ...
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8P8C non standard connector?
A short backstory to clarify the issue.
Not long ago I bought a used home router from CISCO, model EA6300V1 to increase the speed of my local network up to 1 Gbps.
The local network works fine after I ...
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Connecting PC ethernet port to WAN port of router
I would like to perform nmap scanning on the WAN port of my router from my PC by connecting the ethernet port of the PC directly to the WAN port of the router. How can I assign an IP address to the ...
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Setting up a firewall to be in front of my devices using public IP
I'm currently using USG FLEX 500 firewall device from Zyxel.
It has 6 unused ports.
I have 7 PCs each with public IP address assigned to it. I would like to set the firewall up in a way that when ...
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How to setup two interfaces on one NAS to isolate WAN and maximize LAN traffic speed?
How should I setup my NAS network settings to isolate WAN and LAN traffic on each physical interfaces (1 and 2) to maximize LAN traffic speed? Or does another option exist to achieve this result ...
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Connecting LAN of first router to WAN of second router not working
So I have 2 routers
(first provided by the ISP: Speedport smart 3)
(second is my personal: Tp-link Archer AX23 AX1800)
And what I want is to connect my second router to the router provided by my ...
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Cannot ssh anymore via no-ip hostname, works with wan ip, nslookup gives nxdomain
After extensive search of this forum to no avail, I post my issue here.
I have a small machine running pop!OS 22.04 at home that I use to host a few pages with nginx.
To do so, I have a no-ip domain (...
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Determine LAN and WAN IP address
Is there a simple way to determine the LAN and WAN IP address of a connected device?
I frequently need to check the local and external IP addresses of devices, especially mobile devices, but I tend to ...
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Connect my ftp server, filezilla client works well, why ftp command line fails?
I'm trying to build up Excel VBA programmatically and expect it could download some files from the server via the FTP command line. The server which I set up at my home local network(experimental ...
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What would cause network traffic to spike in evenly distributed spurts?
This happens periodically, and I am looking into ways to monitor network traffic more closely, but it looks like my WAN2 (in) traffic bounces in almost perfect intervals, and at the same peak usage. ...
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Connecting to ISP Modem/Router interface from secondary router connected through WAN to the first one
I have the following network, see picture
Network topology
What I want is to access the admin interface of router A from computer 1.
What should I read about, or what should I do?
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Port forwarding safely or WAN port alternative?
I am trying to host a small server on my home network and I am trying to come up with a convincing solution, security-wise.
First of all, my router has a DSL connection to the ISP, but it also has a ...
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Finding the MAC address of my router's WAN interface
As I understand, a router has at least two network interfaces: LAN and WAN. The IP address of the LAN interface is private, and the IP address of the WAN interface is public.
Is the IP address of the ...
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Wake-On-Lan (WoL) not turning my pc on when used through WAN from a full shutdown (Wake-On-Wan)
My pc won't turn on from a full shutdown when trying over WAN, but the protocol works when trying to wake the pc from sleep-mode over WAN and when trying to turn it on from a full shutdown over LAN. ...
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How to monitor two internet connections to detect outages and switch to the active one when one is down
I have two different internet connections on my house (from two different ISPs). And I use a TP-Link ER605 Multi-Wan router to manage both connections and deliver a single internet connection to my ...
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Limiting traffic to/from VM
I have a headless Ubuntu VM running on an Ubuntu host. I want to limit the VM's WAN traffic to a specific IP address range only (e.g., 156...), and if servers on that specific IP address range are ...
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Connect two networks by WAN port, not vpn
I got a job in a big company as IT manager.
Because some problems in the past they had, I want to separate each sector with a different network.
But I want to each computer from specific network see ...
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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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What is my subnet and gateway [closed]
When I connect my iPad to my Mac using personal hotspot, do I form a LAN? If yes, then what should be my subnet and what acts as my gateway?
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How to connect two routers? — WAN
I am trying to set up a single network consisting of two routers and their attached nodes over the internet between two cities, SanDiego and Chicago. Where anything attached to each router is visible ...
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Using macbook to connect to home desktop
I recently bought a macbook for university, as I am working on a laravel project I would like to leave my computer at home running the project and be able connect to it and to work on it at school ...
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Router: use LAN port as WAN port
Initially asked at https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/75891/router-use-lan-port-as-wan-port but was sent to Super User. There with screenshots. Here don't have 10 reputation — can'...
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Could I connect WAN (router 1) to WAN (router 2)? Is it possible?
WAN to WAN (router 1 to router 2) - is it possible and what will be the behavior in theory?
For example I will describe:
LAN to LAN (from router 1 primary with DCHP 192.168.1.0/24 and WAN connected ...
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How to access private IP addresses with WAN running on 5GHz band of router
I have an access question regarding my special setup. Hoping you can help as I've reached the end of my networking knowledge and am going in circles now. Here's the background to my setup -
I am piggy-...
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Log uptime/downtime, win10
I'm currently having a issue with my WAN, my LAN never goes down but my WAN seems to lose connection every 30minutes (roughly). I'm wondering if there is a way to log the times automatically like ...
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Trying to PenTest my client's local network but their Public IP is the same as other people in the area
I posted something similar before and it was just Closed due to clarity. So I've updated it and added clarity and changed the title.
I had posted on Stack's Network Engineering but apparently I was ...
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How to access LAN of another router connected via WAN port?
I have 2 routers connected via WAN-LAN. Base router that have internet connectivity and another is used to extend network. Both networks are working fine. For some reasons I need to access few devices ...
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Load balancer at home with 2 ISP
I have 2 floor house and 2 ISPs. One is via wireless and the secondary is LTE. One router can only go on the first floor, as the Wifi connection antenna end is placed there, and second (LTE) can be ...
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Trouble Connecting a 5G CPE Modem/Router to my DD-WRT Router (LAN to WAN with DMZ)
I am having some trouble connecting my ISP Provided 5G CPE to my DD-WRT router.
My ISP Provided 5G CPE has no option to be Modem only mode. (Spoke with ISP, they will not enable Modem only mode...its ...
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How do I connect my NAS to separate LAN's
*** I use SYNOLOGY DS918+ - HAS 2 ETHERNET PORTS IN THE BACK ***
Hi, I have two LANS 192.168.1.1/24 & 192.168.2.1/24 - In DS918+ there are two LAN ports and I connected them to these 2 LANS.
Under ...
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LTE connection for Desktop
I have been searching in Internet about how to connect to a LTE connection. I want to use cellular LTE internet in my desktop. There is no WWAN card for desktop also. So my question is how to use LTE ...
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Does this dual-WAN setup seem sensible? NBN + 5G failover
I have an HFC internet connection, which takes the form of an ISP-managed Network Termination Device (you can't even log into it, you just have to stare sadly at the status lights) hooked up to a ...
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Multiple different IPv6 WAN addresses same time
this is my first post, so be gentle with me for sometimes not using the correct terminology.
I am using a Fibre ISP with CG-NAT (DS-Lite). I connect via IPv6 Prefix Delegation with a /56 address space....
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Can't Ping from LAN to WAN and port forwarding is KO
hope you can help me out.
I have a modem (192.168.1.1) and a router (Xiaomi AX3600) connected to it via cable (192.168.1.2) which is creating a WAN (192.168.31.1).
All devices are connected to Xiaomi ...
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How to capture packets at the "DSL side"? [closed]
https://osqa-ask.wireshark.org/questions/23522/capture-packets-from-my-broadband-modem
It is written here that capturing packets passing through the modem at DSL level, would only be possible with ...
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Second router not sensing internet while PC connected with the same cable does
Because I have my main router (from my internet provider ) in the corner of the house, WiFi doesn't reach my room (thick walls). I connected my PC with a UTP cable about 25-30 meters long. Now, a few ...
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How to use my TP-Link for internet and my ISP's router just for VoIP
I've just upgraded from ADSL to VDSL, at the same ISP, and with that they sent me a new modem/router and they also switched my telephone line from POTS to VoIP.
I do not wish to use their modem/router ...
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Forwarding WAN traffic coming in to VPN Server to VPN client and then to device on client LAN
Here's a synopsis of what I'm trying to accomplish. My Internet connection is double NAT'd and I have no ability to port forward or bridge the upstream router so that my router can accept incoming ...
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Sync huge file tree with rsyncd, and encryption
I need to do daily copy of large file tree over the public internet, and do that effectively. As far as I know, if I use rsyncd on receive part then sync is done quite effectively since during file ...
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Metrics configuration for 2 networks: WAN & 4G on Windows 10
I am currently in charge of designing a network solution. I am fairly basic at networking but im sure this solution should work.
On our previous development, we had thought that our machine would only ...
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configuring a L2 transparent wireless bridge on WAN side of router
I'm configuring a Layer 2 wireless bridge and found that my router (ASUS RT-N66U) is unable to create VLANs on WAN for managing the bridge radios from within the LAN. In case that's unclear, the ...
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Router configuration: Can i configure the WAN port of my router to static ip, at the same time LAN port to static in different local network?
Can i change my WAN port IP to be static IP in my local network? LAN IP is already static and it is in a different local network. For example:
WAN IP: 192.168.250.2 / 255.255.255.0
LAN IP: 192.168.1....
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How do I create a LAN connection between computers on internet
I want to play games with local server like amongus on bluestacks. I have tried making a VPN from control panel and forwarded the ports, but when my friends connect to the internet, their internet no ...
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Different WAN speeds from different computers on same 1Gbit LAN
I have 3 computers on same LAN connected to WAN over a switch.
Two of them have 40Mbit/s/3Mbit/s download/upload speed and 3rd has 3mbit/3mbit download and upload speed according to (speedtest.net)
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Connecting a router
I am trying to set up a new Tenda wifi router, but am having trouble. I am getting the following message:
Does anyone know what this means? Also do I really need to set up the router if I'm already ...
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