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VirtualBox dhcp server is leasing the same IP to all guest VM's connected to a VirtualBox Nat Network
I created a new nat network with dhcp enable through GUI on my VirtualBox 6.0 and connected 2 Guest VM's to it but keeps assigning the same IP to both VM's even if they are running at the same time.
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What is the "Alternate Configuration" tab in TCP/IP settings
As I know there is two choice for configuring a computer IP address in the network. Assigning a Static IP or obtaining a dynamic IP from a DHCP server.
But what is the Alternate Configuration in ...
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What does asterisk meant in route command
I have two network interfaces present in two different subnets and are configured as DHCP. When I run route command I am getting following output with asterisk in Gateway. What is the meaning of it?
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Understanding DHCP discovery specific subnet
I am learning networking and in class we are talking about DHCP. I understand that when a host just joins a network it does not have an ip yet so it sends out a dicovery message.
we are using ...
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Network is not connecting after startup automatically in Windows
After some perturbations with network drivers now I have a situation where the network is not connecting automatically after the boot-up. It indicates, that the connection is limited or no ...
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How to Wake on WAN without broadcast address?
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First of all I apologize if I write something that makes no sense. My knowledge of networks didn't go beyond what an IP address is until 3 days ...
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Why won't a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard obtain an IP address (DHCP)?
Background: I am trying to connect my MacBook Pro to a business grade network where I do not have access to reboot the server, switches, or router.
Problem: The MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard ...
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I've turned off DHCP on my TP-LINK router and since then I cannot connect to it - is the router broken?? Windows 10
Since then I cannot connect to my router - maybe because I have "Obtain an IP address automatically" set up in my IPv4 Windows 10 settings selected. After I've turned my DHCP off and ...
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Can I assign any static IP address to a device on my network? Or does it have to be within the DHCP servers (or routers) defined subnet?
Currently, my DHCP server is handing out IP addresses in the 192.168.0.1/24 range. What would happen if I set a static IP address on a device of, e.g., 192.168.1.10?
And just out of curiosity, what ...
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How to assign multiple IP addresses to a single computer?
The dhcp ip range is 192.168.0.255/24. I wanted my computer to get multiple ip addresses from this dhcp. So I can have multiple connections through different ip addresses with just a single computer!
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Get all the IP addresses given out by DHCP Server with dnsmasq and hostapd
I have created a systemd service for the hostapd application on Raspbian Jessie Lite. The source code is similar to this GitHub Gist but with IP addresses ranging in the 192.168.50.x/24.
Everything ...
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Why do I get duplicate network interfaces?
While troubleshooting connectivity issues on my PC, I noticed that I have duplicate of every network interface when issuing Get-NetIPInterface command on PowerShell.
Notice how each interface has a ...
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pfSense DNS Resolver does not resolve local hostnames from DHCP static mappings
I'm on pfSense Community Edition 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1
I assigned some static DHCP mappings on one of my LAN interfaces
If I try to reach any one of those static mapped hosts by its Hostname (or by Client ...
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dhclient unicast DHCPREQUEST excessive logs
I am using centos 7 with dhclient 4.2.5:
$ uname -a
Linux hostname 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 6 11:36:42 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dhclient -V
Internet Systems Consortium ...
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Assign a Static IP Address to a VirtualBox Guest with a NAT Network Without Accessing the Guest
I am using VirtualBox 5.2.18 on Ubuntu Server 18.04. I have several VirtualBox guests machines sharing a NAT Network intnet. Currently, intnet has a DHCP server (set up by VirtualBox) that ...
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