Questions tagged [ip]
The IP (internet protocol) is a protocol for transmitting data over packets ("datagrams"). It is the primary protocol of the Internet. "IP" may also refer to an IP address, the numerical address assigned to an IP-capable device.
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How to give a domain name to a local ip?
I have a Raspberry Pi with a local ip address of 192.168.2.x (where x is a number).
To make it easier to remember, I want to give it a domain name like mediacenter.raspberrypi. It is a domain name ...
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I am confused about the way a common home router works: Shouldn’t the MAC addresses be enough to forward the information to the correct destination?
From what I've understood, the way it works is something like this:
Why the necessity of associating private IP addresses to each one of the addresses connected? Shouldn’t the MAC addresses be enough ...
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How to communicate with a device that has an assigned “0.0.0.0” IP address?
I have an piece of industrial equipment that runs on a pretty basic OS called VxWorks. I usually communicate with the system for troubleshooting purposes by setting my IPv4 IP to the same range as the ...
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What is the difference between a link local address and an IP address in the private address space?
I read that a link local address is used when no other method for acquiring one is found. But the address space for them doesn't seem to be reserved under private address space, what is the ...
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How to get a computer's internet (IP address) location using command line?
How to get a computer's internet (IP address) location using command line?
For example, using curl or wget?
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What is the actual IP address of my computer
I am testing out to see whats my IP address but depending on which website I used, I get different IP address. I am using a router
If I use this , My IP address is
If I use this , My IP address is
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Communicating with devices on a different subnet
Let me start this off by saying that I am very new to how IP Address / Subnet Addresses work, and networking in general. This stuff is generally mystifying, and I've had a hard time understanding ...
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Network devices getting an IP address in the 169.254.x.x range?
I'm totally confused by what's happening to my wifi router, so seeking help here.
Configuration
I have a modem/wifi router (Netgear CG3000D—let's call it main) connected to cable and configured with ...
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Pinging different IP address than what I entered [duplicate]
Can anyone please explain why CMD pings a different IP address than the one I am searching for?
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What is the I.P. address 224.0.0.22 for? [duplicate]
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What are the purposes of the addresses in this ARP table?
I notice that ANY computer that I go to, if I do a arp -a command from a command line, I receive a reply back of 224....
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What's a loopback-address? I.e. 127.0.0.1
What is a loop-back address? 127.0.0.1 is a loop-back address, but what does this even mean? Please be very descriptive and give an example, as I'm having a hard-time understanding this.
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How does the router know which device to send packets to? [duplicate]
my question does not concern how it moves through the internet, but how it moves through the router to a certain device. All devices connected to a router in a home network have the same external IP. ...
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How to access 192.x address space from 10.x address space?
I have a child router with 192.x.x.x address space. On any machine here I can access the 10.x.x.x address space. The reverse is not true. A machine on 10.0.x.x cannot ping 192.168.x.x. How do I ...
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What do different types of LAN IP addresses mean?
I have seen LAN IP addresses in the following ways:
10.0.0.*
192.168.0.*
192.168.1.*
192.168.2.*
127.0.0.* (This one is normally with a 1, and I'm not sure if it is LAN, since I see it normally ...
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Can the Internet work without DNS?
If we have an IP-based system of identifying nodes on the Internet why is there a need for DNS?