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A local area network, or LAN for short, is a computer network that connects computers in a small area.

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Bonding wired and wireless while using Network Manager

I'm running Linux Mint 17.3 on my laptop. When docked, I'm connected via Ethernet, but when I undock, I'd like not to break my ssh sessions, ongoing downloads, etc., and to use the same IP address on the Wi-Fi adapter, so that still appears the…
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How can I limit engagement with a large office LAN?

I work in a large office building with hundreds of other computers on the same LAN. I don't have any reason to communicate with most of these computers, and when I do, it's always on an "opt-in" basis (like adding a network mount to my fstab). But…
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What is my LAN IP (ubuntu and missing eth0)?

Running 20.04 I am trying to figure out what my LAN IP is on my laptop. If I run ifconfig I get (trimmed down): $ ifconfig docker0: flags=4099 mtu 1500 inet 172.17.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.17.255.255 …
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How can I view all device names on LAN?

I am trying to scan my local network and return a list of all connected devices with there IP, MAC Address & device name. By device name, I mean my iPhone should say 'Jamies-iPhone' as it would when I check my routers admin application for connected…
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Debian 10 intel i211 LAN not working

I have a newly built computer with MSI MEG X399 CREATION Motherboard, which includes two Ethernet ports with Intel i211 Gigabit Ethernet. I am running Debian 10, but the Ethernet doesn't work. I can't ping any host: sometimes the lights on the…
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Access LAN computers via VPN connection

I am wanting to put a VPN server on one of machines on my LAN and expose this VPN service to the internet. Once a client (laptop) is connected to my VPN service from outside my LAN I want to be able to access other services/devices on my LAN such as…
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How to work both wifi and Lan in the same network segment?

I'm using Linux+QT for my OS system. And here is what I'm facing the problem. My Lan IP address is 172.16.120.17 and my wifi IP address is 172.16.120.20. So I think they are in the same network segment. Then I going to ping the address by using…
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Disable LAN connection at startup in Debian

How to disable LAN connection at startup in Debian Jessie? Ido not know what establishes that connection. Is it any configuration file or my wicd that starts on boot. But when I open wicd I can see that connection via the wire is established after…
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Force local IP traffic to go through LAN WITHOUT ip address changes

I know there's some topics about forcing local IP trafic of a Linux machine to go through the LAN (over the network where a WireShark is captuting trafic) but all solutions implies IP address modification. Now my setup : A Linux PC with ONE…
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Download updates from peer computer over LAN

As you may have heard, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will allow you to download updates not just from their servers, but from multiple sources using peer-to-peer over LAN and the Internet. My question is: Is there such feature that exists for…
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nmap won't recognize a hostname on my local area network

Scanning the machine on the LAN with my laptop, I got this: gabriele @ osiris { ~ } [ Tue Oct 07 ] [ 08:49 PM] nmap -sP 192.168.1.236 Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-10-07 20:50 CEST Nmap scan report for ---.homenet.telecomitalia.it…
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Can't resolve hostname.local on LAN

I used to be able to ssh [email protected] between machines on my LAN but it is no longer working. I can ssh using the IP of course, but it's DHCP so it may change from time to time. Both machines run Debian 9.12, one is a VM in a Windows host,…
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dnsmasq behaving strangely: dig returns result for dns lookup, yet ping reports "host not found"

Since my router does not resolve hostnames of LAN devices, I setup my server to act as a DNS using DNSMASQ. DNS Server Specs ---------------- OS: Ubuntu Server LAN IP: 192.168.1.4 I have a second server for streaming media on the network, which…
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dnsmasq is not resolving local hostnames

I have a local Linux server running dnsmasq for my LAN. It has been working without issues for the last several years. I keep the operating system and packages regularly updated. After yesterday's routine update, I am now getting errors from…
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How does ssh handle 2 computers on the local network with the same username?

For instance, if one wants to access the account bob on a machine on a local network behind a router, they would simply type: $ ssh -p xx [email protected]` However, how does ssh handle the possibility of two machines on the local network having the…
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