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Is there any way to query a router about the IPs it has already assigned?

I have a WiFi device which connects to my Android phone's hotspot. My Android phone acts as a router. From my Ubuntu I connect to the same network. Is there any way to query the router (in this case, ...
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IP address 169.254.xxx.xxx if connection of a device via switch

All: my notebook is connected via WIFI with my router and has a valid IP-address 192.168.178.xxx. A switch (TP-LINK TL-SG1016) is connected to the ethernet port of my notebook and another device is ...
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Why Dhcp renewed ip address for some machines and not for the others

so this is the situation i'm trying to understand: The environnent is the following: a running personal laptop with dhcp on; a set of 4 VMS running in the same network @ range pfsense to manage dhcp ...
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What is the best practice for assigning static IP addresses? [closed]

In my scenario, I would be assigning IP addresses to security cameras. I am wondering if I should assign a static IP address from the device itself, or have a static entry on my DHCP server with their ...
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Is there a way to know what public ip addresses my pc had last months or year?

Is there a way to know what public ip addresses my pc had last months or year ? Are they saved somewhere ? Thanks in advance
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How can I reserve a static IP address for my PC on a TPLINK Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router?

I am trying to add a static IP address for my PC. I have tried to search on Google, and I got on this page on TP-LINK official website. Unfortunately, the screenshots in the article shows a very ...
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DHCP response sent to all devices except firewall

tl;dr: my firewall has stopped getting IP addresses via DHCP for some reason which seems to be related to the MAC address. Network topology [Fibre] | [Router] - Melbye Raycore RC-CP9 | [Router/...
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How to renew a client DHCP address with an OpenWrt router?

How to renew a client DHCP address with an OpenWrt router, from its SSH terminal session?
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What is the initial source address used by a DHCPv6 client when DHCP is used for address assignment?

When DHCPv6 is used for address assigment (determined by the M-Flag of a NDP Router Advertisment Message) the host obviously does not have a valid link-local address yet. For Stateless Address ...
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ipconfig/renew and reserved ip address - How it works?

I'm trying to understand something. Let's say we have a windows server with a static IP. Its IP is reserved in the DHCP, etc. Everything's good. If I run ipconfig/release then ipconfig/renew, will ...
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Linux device won't connect to internet, but allows SSH

I'm having trouble connecting to the internet with my Wachendorff Display. I can connect to it via SSH, but I cannot get it to also connect to the internet. I am able to ping other devices plugged ...
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Reserved IP address taken by another device

How is it that on a local area network with a router that allows IP address reservations (exempting the special situation that a static address is assigned to the different device) that a completely ...
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Can't obtain IP with Realtek 8821ae on Ubuntu 18.04

I'm having problems connecting to WiFi. I can see networks, but not connect. Facts I can see different networks available, but can not connect Ubuntu 18.04 (Kernel 4.18) dual boot with windows 10 ...
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dhclient with '-s <server-ip>' flag

I want to understand under which circumstance this command is valid. As i can see, using this command the discover packets have unicast destination ip same as that of the provided server ip while the ...
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Plug and play for networks with and without DHCP server

I have a device that can be used in two different scenarios. One is that it is hooked up to an ordinary Ethernet LAN company network. This network has a DHCP server and the device is expected to be a ...
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