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Cannot remotely connect to server while it's connected to WAN port

It may appear like a really dumb question but why can't I remotely connect to my server when it's connected to the WAN port of the router? It was working when the server was connected through any ...
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Need help choosing main cisco WAN/firewall unit ($20kish budget) [closed]

Our IT director has left for greener pastures, and I'm acting as the interim director while we find someone new (I manage the Helpdesk). He budgeted about 20k for a new front end to our internet ...
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Radius over WAN

I have a couple of small-business routers (Cisco RV120W) that I use at some of our smaller offices configured with a site-to-site VPN to allow connectivity for devices & such between my main ...
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Enable ping to pass through pfSense

I have a pfSense v1.2.3 running and want to allow ping from the WAN through to my LAN and allow the response to get through. Web traffic goes through just fine, but not pings. As suggested elsewhere I ...
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“Tunnel” from one network to another

I'm sure the answer to this would be available on Google but I don't really know what I'm Google-ing for. Situation; We have two networks; our own internal network (192.168.0.[0-255]) and our ...
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Accessing the servers via their WAN IPs from the internal network - connect them to LAN too?

Currently we have a few servers behind a router/gateway, which is in bridge mode, so the servers have directly assigned WAN IPs with no NATting performed. This works as expected. There is, however a ...
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More than 8 WAN aliases on routers?

We have a Draytek Vigor 2820 in our office and we have a few servers running websites and email applications. These servers each have their own public ip using WAN aliases that are mapped to their ...
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Using Cisco VLANs, is it possible to connect two separate WANs connections?

I've got two separate WAN connections with DHCP on both of them; can I connect these to two different VLANs using Cisco gear (so VLAN 0 gets one WAN and VLAN 1 gets the other?) Apologies I'm ...
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Find the ip address of my modem from outside my network

I am out of town, and dyndns droped my account and deleted my ip address. I set up a new dyndns account, but I really need the ip address of my home modem. Is there any way for me to retrieve it? ...
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Linux as a router for public networks

My ISP had given me a /30 network. Later, when I wanted more public ips, I requested for a /29 network. I was told to keep using my earlier /30 network on the interface which is facing ISP, and the ...
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Very poor optimization: Riverbed-Test-Appliance and NetApp SnapMirror replication

We are actually testing Riverbed Steelheads in order to accelerate replication using SnapMirror between two sites. The distance ist 100km between the sites. Connection: 150Mbit MPLS Network Systems: ...
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Persistent Issues on small business network using Cisco 871W and Catalyst Express 500

Being the most qualified (read: still not qualified) to solve our persistent network issues, I've turned to serverfault for guidance. I've done some searching, reading related documentation on ...
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Multiple WAN loadbalancing?

What's the best way to load balance multiple DSL LAN connections in a small office (circa 30 people). If there is a Cisco product that can do this, please recommend, as it will help comply with a ...
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Ethernet interface errors

My Ubuntu servers ethernet interface that connectes to ISP's multiplexer shows errors. Here is the snapshot: RX packets:204564288 errors:3193970 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3138402 ...
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WAN Link Balancing - Best Way To Approach

First some of the details. We are a SME (80 office users 30 remote) with 2, soon to be 3 WAN connections. Our WAN connections are a T1, Cable (25/5), and soon to be DSL (10,2). We are looking to to ...
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Alternatives to the Cisco “Windows Server on WAAS appliance” for satellite office usage

We need to deploy RODCs to many small satellite offices where we may want additional lightweight infrastructure there too (file, print, dhcp) Are there any networking devices that include RODC ...
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Will a router allow network traffic from a static IP?

We have some servers in a data center but the data center does not offer a DHCP service. We want to have some computers setup with DHCP and others that have static IP's. Currently our WAN cable going ...
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DNS resolution failing over to secondary DNS - why?

We have large number of branch offices connected via VPN, but without any kind of server infrastructure. The client machines in each office get their network configuration from an ASA 5505, which is ...
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Router for 100Mb Ethernet Circuit [closed]

Can anyone recommend an affordable (for a few hundred £ or less) router for use with a 100Mb ethernet circuit? I think I've scared myself with Cisco prices and searches only seem to yield internet, ...
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Sofaware Safe@Office 500WP WAN issues

I have a Checkpoint/Sofaware Safe@Office 500WP with two WAN connections. In WAN1 I use TowerStream 5 mbps d/5 mbps u. I also route two L2L VPNs through that connection to the tune of maybe 1 mbps ...
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Using FreeBSD to tunnel IPv6 over IPv4 WAN

On a WAN I have 5 different locations connected by point to point T1s via Cisco 2801s, with one central location routing each location to all the others, sort of a star configuration. The routers' ...
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Two separate WAN uplinks for two different NAT networks

I have a server running ubuntu 10.04 with four interfaces. eth0 and eth1 have static WAN ip's, and eth2 and eth3 are connected to two separate NAT networks 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 ...
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network mount across WAN

I have 2 networks separated by a WAN (25/25 fiber optic VPN). I would like to provide some files to both servers on networks via NFS (and Samba for the desktops, but that's on a per-site basis). some ...
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Increasing speed between buildings above 1Gbps

I am looking for options to increase the speed between buildings, ideally without having to replace existing fiber. Current situation: Multi-building campus, with Gbps fiber links between ...
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Cannot Access Server from External IP (Router)

We have an Ubuntu 10.04 LAMP server running on site (Apache is on port 80). It is running fine through the LAN, but I cannot access it using its external IP address through the Netopia 3000 Series ...
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Draytek Vigor 2820 static IP's

I have a Draytek Vigor 2820 router which is connected to our ADSL provider (British Telecom, BT). We currently have one static IP address which is accessible from anywhere outside of our network and ...
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Microsoft BranchCache vs. 3rd part WAN Accelerators?

My client needs to improve the performance of their WAN. They have three sites spread som 600 km apart with roughly 400 users per site. It's mainly a Microsoft environment. Today they are using ...
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IP compatible with localhost and external

Im working on an online game, but I'm having an annoying issue with me and my friend testing. The thing is, I set the client to connect to my WAN IP so he can connect, but then I cannot connect as it ...
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Can I use pfsense or m0n0wall to simulate packet loss and jitter?

Can I use pfsense or m0n0wall to simulate WAN-like packet loss, jitter, duplication, and reordering? I see questions looking for dedicated solutions like: What tool(s) can I use to simulate a WAN for ...
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How to setup dual-wan trunking but keep one as main… (Weighted round robin, Least load first, spillover)

I'm working on setting up a zywall USG-100 firewall. I can get everything to work but now I'm trying to get the 2 wans to work correctly. They both work individually but I'm having trouble with the ...
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multi-wan setup vs larger single connection

Hey guys i am trying to decide whether or not a situation makes sense. I was thinking about going to a T1 or a E10 connection but am now trying to weight the costs vs what i actually need. This ...
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Linux as a router for a WAN subnet

Our ISP has given us a small subnet of WAN ips for the organisation where I work. If I assume the subnet is 11.22.33.40/29 and the ISP gateway is 11.22.33.122. I have a Linux box with two interfaces. ...
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Connecting via higher bandwidth WAN to Untangle VPN

I have 2 WANs on my gateway/firewall, set to load-balancing mode, in which one is a 20mbps (www.xxx.yyy.zzz) and the other 10mbps (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd) line. I have an Untangle server sitting behind the ...
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iperf installation and use

I would like to use iperf to test my WAN bandwidth connection. However, I can't find a good method to install and administer it. I'm a Windows guy and don't know much about Linux, and googling iperf ...
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Simulate HPC application data to test WAN filesystem performance over a large link

So here is the setup: we've got temporary access to a very large TCP WAN connection and we want to use this pipe to do WAN filesystem testing. We would like to generate massive amounts of data on ...
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Where should you do WAN optimization?

Interested in this technology - some vendors do WANop up at layer7, others down in the network layer. Those who are app-aware say that accelerating apps is the way to enhance their performance, the ...
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What kind of fiber is used in Intercontinental connections? Are repeaters used?

I'm curious about the underwater Internet infrastructure that interconnects continents to each other. Can anyone elaborate on how it works, or any other details (such as security) of these wires?
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Setting up a subnetted Cisco WAN - Serial connection doesn't work

I have two routers setup on subnetted on a network address of 192.168.25.0/29 and I can't seem to get the serial connection to work with RIP. Here are the running-config for the two routers: ...
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What is the max bandwith of LAN and WAN network [closed]

What is the maximum bandwidth of LAN and WAN network. Or transfare speed.
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New Cisco Catalyst switches and ISL Trunks?

newer Catalysts do not offer the ISL trunk mode anymore. Now I fear VLAN-hopping/encapsulation attacks when using VLANs for WAN-isolation. What can I do to prevent such attacks? Can I mix ISL and ...
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For remote IT purposes, VPN or WAN?

I work for a small insurance company that only has 2 offices. Right now, if something goes wrong in another office, it's just a short road trip. But... This company is expanding, and will have 4-5 ...
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Small Business File Server With 5 Remote Offices

I have 5 offices 2 having 10 employees each and the other 3 having 2 each. Each of my offices will be connected to each other with fortinet products (within the month). I want files to be locked ...
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What is WAN IP relating to static IP leases?

When I asked my what is my static IP leases, I got the reply: ISP WAN : xxx.xxx.228.117 Customer WAN: xxx.xxx.228.118 Lan IP: xxx.xxx.194.112-127 May I ask What is the ISP WAN and Customer WAN? ...
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iptables - allow connections only from LAN

Is there a way to deny all external traffic (WAN) to SSH and allow only local traffic (192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.255) and what would be the rule? Thanks Edit: I think I found a way, please feel free ...
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Sharepoint 2010 replication between multiple offices

Does Sharepoint 2010 address geo replication? My searches kept coming up with a third party solution but I'd rather stick to a built in option if it's available. I have multiple offices over 4.5 and ...
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Remote desktop over 500ms latency: What is the best client to use?

We have a very slow RDP session from NYC to India (500ms) and we are looking for a client that will withstand this latency. What do you recommend in this circumstance? Is there a better remote ...
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Ethernet over copper thoughts

We currently have 2 DS1 lines in a multilink configuration delivering 3mbits. It works well, but we could certainly benefit from more bandwidth. As I was talking to our sales rep at XO communications, ...
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Hardware between my servers and the internet

I'm not sure how i'm going to do this but this is my situation, i have 4 DELL 1U rack servers, fourth will be for web, third will be for email, second will be for MySQL and i want the first to be the ...
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Few questions about rack servers SCSI and Server Routers

Today i have purchased some second hand Dell Poweredge servers, which i can't wait to get: Dell Poweredge 1850 server Xeon 3Ghz / 1GB RAM Dell PowerEdge 2650 Server Xeon 2.4GHz / 1GB RAM They use ...
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Cisco Router/Firewall Port Forwarding

We have 8x IP CCTV Cameras and 1x NAS for recording on a LAN (with an internal address range) and port forwarding from a single WAN address to connect to each. For instance, by connecting to port 8009 ...

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