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Access Point ip address is different in Web UI than what router shows
I have an Edgerouter X as router and a Fritzbox as access point. The ER-X shows a different ip address for the fritzbox than what the fritzbox itself show in its own network settings. Also the ...
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Two-routers with devices that share same IP? [closed]
If I connect two routers via ethernet, I can have to W-LANS.
I'm not sure about many things with this configuration.
These questions come to my mind that I couldn't wrap my head around:
So would I ...
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Xfinity hotspot not connecting to certain websites via extender
I am a Xfinity customer and receive xfinity hotspot at my location. The signal is weak so I got an extender. I was able to connect the extender to the xfinity hotspot, however it connects to some ...
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Custom subnet mask while using DHCP
I'm trying to connect to an RPI on the same physical network over SSH. Normally, I'd do this with a simple ip a, ssh xxx@ip, but because of the network it doesn't work. There are several problems:
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Can my router provide IP addresses with an internet received via wifi?
I'm using a borrowed wifi signal from my neighbour, all the devices in my apartment receive IP addresses from his router. Once I was having some connecting problems and I decided to try using what ...
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What is the relationship between my public IP address and the address assigned to my NIC?
When I run an online IP-lookup tool, like https://whatismyipaddress.com/, I get an IP address like 24.253.65.208.
But I've set up my home router as a DHCP Server and I've assigned static IP addresses ...
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Windows Home Server running for the first time in years - How to find out its IP address?
Several years ago I used a small Acer Windows Home Server. I have not used this device in years. Now I would like to access it again to see what data is still on it.
Beside some USB ports its offers ...
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Is the network address of the DHCP offer, the IP of the interface that requests it?
Suppose the DHCP offer is 118.112.200.14 / 24, which is acknowledged, what is the IP that the interface chooses as its own. I would think it is 118.112.200.0, the network address after applying the ...
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How does ISP know when to change the dynamic IP?
As I understand, ISP uses DHCP protocol to give out IPs from some pool. Every time they give the IP via DHCP it has a lease time. At the end of a lease time, a router can receive the same IP - but it ...
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Zyxel NAS326 not getting IP after powerloss
I bought a Zyxel NAS 326 and configured my router to a static IP. (192.168.0.110)
After power loss, I can't connect to the NAS (the IP is not responding). Every time I need to disconnect physically ...
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router not getting address from DHCP
In an office building, I plug a computer into a network drop in one of the offices. I get an IP address and access to the Internet. I needed to setup a private network for file sharing. So I set up an ...
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DHCP Configuration options
I want to use Windows Server 2019 as my DHCP server for my company network, the question that I have is do I have to assign static IP addresses to both the Cisco switch and the router provided by my ...
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Connecting the old router to the main router
I have Calix 854G-2 as my main router (with IP: 192.168.1.1), and Netis WF2419, the old router that I want to connect with main router via wireless (not able to connect them with cable). In the DHCP ...
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Why the IP address of the router is used as the address of the dns server?
These are the steps for converting a router to dhcp:
Why used the router IP as the DNS server IP address in the last case?
Should not use the IP address of servers like Google (8.8.8.8)?
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Why does DHCP Server prefer unicasting over broadcasting and at what cost?
According to this book the DHCP Offer must be broadcast, yet sniffing DHCP packets: it looks like neither OFFER nor ACK is broadcast (or am I mistaken here?). The screenshot was taken during:
ipconfig ...
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