Questions tagged [local-area-network]
LAN, short for Local Area Network, is a network that connects multiple devices in a limited geographical area, such as a room, an apartment or a building. Currently, most LANs are based on Wi-Fi or Ethernet transmission.
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Finding static IPs after reboot
I am having troubling pinging IP addresses on the local network after rebooting or clearing the ARP table. I am looking for guidance on fixing this.
I have a windows 10 PC which is has a 4 port ...
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Two Internet Connections - One Network - How To Manage
Here is my situation. Im not a network expert so sorry if I'm not explaining this correctly.
In my company, we have two separate internet connections from different ISPs. Both the routers are ...
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How can I make synology reverse proxy work inside my local / private network and/or over VPN (and do I need to?)?
I have a Synology NAS accessible inside by local network over direct IP and URL:
https://192.168.5.10
https://cloud.local
I have docker running inside my synology NAS with some applications working ...
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How can I create two different subnets for 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi, and maintain communication between them?
I have two routers that are interconnected via Cat5 cable: a TP-Link Archer C7 and an old Netgear V7610. I am trying to create two subnets on the same LAN, and maintain communication between all nodes,...
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Problems with SSL: server certificate is a CA certificate
I have a self-hosted lubuntu server on my LAN which has some services useful for my net (a wordpress in /var/www/html, an owncloud, and a flask app). The problem is that some days ago I installed a ...
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Problems with SSL: Unable to configure certificate for slaping
I have a self-hosted lubuntu server on my LAN which has some services useful for my net (a wordpress in /var/www/html, an owncloud, and a flask app). The problem is that some days ago I installed a ...
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How do I route from internal clients to internal services on openbsd?
I have a domain my.domain which I would like to point to my WAN, which in turn port forwards to an internal server.
With my current setup, external users can connect to my.domain, but local users ...
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How to manage local accounts on a windows office network?
I've recently had to assume the role of a network admin in a small office running a network of about 20 computers with a main server running Windows Server 2019. This server contains our AD as well ...
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Connect 2+ LANs into a Single LAN and Access LAN Remotely
I have two Ubiquiti Dream Machines (just upgraded from Netgear and I am blown away by the difference in quality.) I have one of the Dream Machine routers at home and one at my office, each with its ...
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Mikrotik - NAT over 2 ports - cant get it to work
I have a problem with setting up NAT over two ports in separate LANs (there is no internet involved in this).
Situation description:
Problem is that our PBX. It has some crazy network setup with loops ...
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Fiber to copper switching - small network requiring robust solution
I have a simple setup which appears to require a clever solution; hoping someone has some ideas.
Network:
4 data generating computers, each with a copper->fiber media converter
2 data analyzing ...
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Web server with a private IP [closed]
I need an explanation of how to establish tcp/ip connection to two web servers that are on a remote lan network. The web servers have a private IP addresses.
Let say of the sites is https://...
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Unable to connect to nginx from the very machine itself
I have no problem to connect to my nginx web server contents from remote machines using url like http://foo.bar/media/baz.jpg but when I try it inside the machine itself (or other machines in same ...
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How to properly add more lan devices ? Home network
I have a small home network. 1 router with wifi and 4 lan ports.
The problem is that I don't have enough lan ports and I want to extend it.
I have a few possible solutions but I feel like none of them ...
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Can't Browse to Server on LAN
I have a very simple LAN setup and am trying to connect to an Apache server running on the LAN. The server IP is 192.168.1.178. I'm trying to connect from a box on same LAN with IP of 192.168.1.161. ...
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MIKROTIK - Join 2 different IP networks
Scenario:
I have 1 ISP.
The Mikrotik router is connected to that ISP in ether1 (192.168.0.3).
Mikrotik gives out DHCP addresses 10.0.0.0/8. My PC is connected to it (10.0.0.6).
The other network has a ...
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how to expand network to another floor
I have a small business on the ground floor of a commercial building. We are planning to rent the 4th floor in this building too, so I need to extend our network to the 4th floor.
Presently, here on ...
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How to correctly design home network with private boxes with IPv6? [closed]
I finally got a static IPv6 /64 and I am trying to configure my network for it. I do have a NAS that I'd like to have only accessible to myself under a given domain name. For IPv4, I'd setup VPN at ...
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Give internet Access to my local network users
I have local network 10.10.10.0/24 and have pfsense. I use the pfsense for OpenVPN. Users connecting servers via vpn but users server ip addresses from local area network (ex. 10.10.10.30) that is why ...
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Openvpn connected but not able to access intranet sites
I have configured openvpn server and able to login as well. However after the connection is eastablished I'm not able to access intranet websites.
Server ifconfig looks like bewlow
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,...
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Discover IPMI IP address by scanning all possible direct LAN addresses
I have a Supermicro server board that powers on but wont post.
I have connected a LAN cable to the dedicated IPMI LAN port on the board and am trying to discover what the IPMI IP address of the board ...
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Apartment-wide single SSID / multiple password Wi-Fi network security concerns?
My apartment building is changing internet providers, and the new provider plans to install a network that will have a single SSID for the entire building. Each tenant will be given a unique password ...
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How to Access Google Cloud VM from other Google Cloud VM in different region
Is there any way to Access Google Cloud VM from other Google Cloud VM in different region?
I have seen that one of my US-Iowa 10.121.0.4 while Asia-Japan Region is 10.148.0.5
I was planning to host ...
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Connect from WAN while OpenVPN Client connection is active
I've been trying to get this working for a while now, but still unsuccessfully. I hope you will be able to help me with it.
I've got machine (Raspberry Pi), which has:
Static local IP: 192.168.1.131 ...
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Why doesn't router forward IP packets in a local network?
I've got two hosts in one local network: 192.168.31.10 and 192.168.31.11, their gateway both are 192.168.31.1.
The route table on 192.168.31.10 is as below:
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.31.1 192.168....
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How to block Internet Traffic to MySQL on Ubuntu 18.04
I have setup two KVM servers with a local hosting service. They provide me with one public IP per server. I installed mysql-server 8 on one of them. Before describing the issue, here's the result I'm ...
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Make my Win'10 accessible from internet but block local network
I want to give someone rdp or teamviewer access from the internet to a server on my network, but I don't want them to have access to any other pc on the network. What's the easiest way to do this? ...
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Tricking devices that send data to a remote to send data to you on your network
Background: There are numerous device that exist that measure some metric, but then send the data to remote servers for data harvesting (e.g., owlet, snoo). My interest in these devices are purely as ...
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Kubernetes cluster not working after setting up IP forwarding
I am doing a research project and our end goal is to essentially construct a kubernetes cluster using several Raspberry Pis. I've included the fact that we are using Raspberry Pis for reference, but I ...
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Automatically application deployment with python (by creating Django website)
I am having 400 machines and all are connected to VPN network and i want to deploy an application(available on server).here challenges is how to collected all real time VPN IP and logic(code) in ...
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Windows 10 - How to create users that can login in any computer of the network
I am trying to create a small computer lab for my company office. We have about 5 computers all running Windows 10 pro (one runs Windows 10 home).
I want to be able to create users for each of the ...
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Multiple Identical IPv4 NICs under Linux?
Is it possible to have multiple network interfaces, each identically configured, on the same Linux machine?
For example, four different NICs, each looking at physically separate networks 192.168.44.0, ...
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Using an encrypted SSL-Tunnel backwards
Is it possible to use an encrypted VPN-Tunnel backwards?
I need to connect from my companys LAN to a device which shares the local internet connection using the VPN on my Home-PC.
Thanks in advance ...
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Access the LAN via VPN
I've just set up a VPN server on my raspberry pi (using pivpn) and I'd like to be able to directly reach other computers on my local network, remotely. The only computer I'm able to reach, though, is ...
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Access control for resources behind server
I would like to restrict VPN user access to a single LAN. I've been trying to wrap my head around the client-config-dir within the server.conf but can't get it working.
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Windows reporting 1Gbps but file transfer speed only 100Mbps
Things I checked:
Windows adapter status confirms 1 Gbps connection on both PCs
Removed other PCs connected to the network
Both PCs are connected to TP-Link Archer A6
Isolated HDD speed by using ...
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Devices can't connect to server on LAN network [closed]
I'm better at programming than at network configuration, so this question might be newbi-ish.
My home wireless network is powered by a TP-Link Archer C20 v5 AC750 (192.168.0.1) and some devices are ...
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Setup local network to bypass device limit and other annoyances [closed]
I've prepared a little illustration to visualize my current situation:
I have no admin access to the router which provides the internet access (I can't change any of its settings)
Every time I ...
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Can this router and motherboard connect via the LAN 10G Port?
So I am a bit confused :)
I have this unit, which advertises a "10G Lan SFP+" port
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R9000/R9000_UM_EN.pdf
And I am thinking of buying this motherboard
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Can't use domain name to access mail server from outside LAN
Thanks for the assistance with my last post, it was able to work itself out nicely. Now I have another issue...
I have got an A DNS record setup pointing mail.melia.tech to my public IP address
I ...
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Connect two local networks
I'm trying to connect two local networks together.
Network 1 (192.168.1.1) is connected to 10GBe Internet via router with dhcp. I've added switch Netgear XS708T for more 10G ports (Clients 1 and 2).
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Dell PowerEdge R710 NIC Configuration
I have Dell PowerEdge R710 that is currently being used inside LAN to host some virtual machines. It is running Windows Server 2016 standard as host operating systems and all VMS are running inder ...
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What exactly is the difference between public and private IP addresses? [closed]
Everywhere on the Internet the same answer is given, private IP addresses exists only inside your network and public IP addresses are what everyone sees on Internet.
What exactly do they mean by the ...
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Setting Up a Load-Balancing Linux-Based Router with Two Internet Connections
(Sorry for the wall of text. There are specific questions at the bottom, but lacking experience, I would greatly appreciate any comments on the software choices and general recommendations from the ...
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Set Proxy automatic configuration script from command prompt
I'm running into a problem where I'm running a script to clear the automatic configuration settings found below,and it does clear the windows when you check through the UI.
However, it doesn't seem ...
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I want extend CAT5 cable, more than 100m
I have a track like 130 meters. CAT5 cable limit is 100m. Is it possible to cut it in half and get a switch in the middle of the track? Will it work?
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Can’t access server from external address on LAN but CAN access from WAN, HTTP(S) works, but not SSH or Sync
I hope there must be some resolution to this. I have the exact reverse of what is commonly the problem. Our small business office recently moved to a new building in a new city. We have a Mac mini ...
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How to allow internet only to specific users while others need to access the local network?
There are almost 50 users in my office. I want to provide internet access only up to some specific systems (5-6 nos). Remaining systems need to be disconnected from the internet. But it must be ...
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Use a tethered PC as a gateway to WAN while allowing the same PC access to the LAN [closed]
Some background to understand my question:
I have no fixed internet connection at home. Only internet access is through my mobile phone. I tether my mobile to whichever device needs internet access ...
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No internet on secondary router in cascaded router setup
I recently bought a Cisco RV130W router and plan to use it as a secondary router in a cascaded router setup. I want to do this so I can isolate my own devices (NAS, printer, PC, Laptop) and prevent ...