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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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My dyndns domain doesn't point to the right IP from inside my network, how do I correct that?
I set up a DynDns account to point a domain to my dynamic IP server at home. From any "outside" network, the connection is working and pointing to my server. But when I point my browser to my URL (...
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Separate computers in my apartment can't communicate to each other?
In my apartment, the management provides the building with a network connection. I have my computer plugged into the ethernet coming out of the walls, and my friend who also lives in the apartment ...
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Unidentified network: How to configure TCP/IPv4 for Windows 7?
When I try to connect to internet I keep getting the error Unidentified network.
I've tried numerous attempts at restoring access without success.
IP release, flushing DNS cache, reinstalling NIC, ...
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Will my internet address for my internal site cause my traffic to go external?
If I have two domains pointing to the same machine, but one resolves to an internal address and the other to my internet facing router, will there be any differnce in route taken to my machine (...
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How do I find out my computer network name (Linux)?
I have a linux machine on my university network where I usually log in via ssh from home. I have know the ip, so this is what I use to log in, but it would convenient to know if my computer have a ...
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Why certain IPs redirect us to 0.0.0.0?
I have seen many times when I try to connect to default gateways through my web browser , it redirects me to 0.0.0.0 . And it shows firefox can't found 0.0.0.0 . Why this happens? If the IP 0.0.0.0 ...
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Besides Proxy/VPN Are There Tools To Disguise Your Location via IP?
Networking wise, is there any way to hide/disguise your IP address other than using VPNs or proxies? I'm asking from an educational standpoint, is this even possible given the various networking ...
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What is the maximum number of IPs that can be assigned to a given computer?
I really need to know this for a linux server, but since it also applies to client OSes, I figured the question should be posed here instead of server fault.
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Why is a network ID not needed to connect to an IP address?
I know how IP basically works, and knows that an IP address composed of a network ID portion and a host ID portion, but when I type a IP address, say 8.8.8.8 into the web browser, I didn't supply any ...
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Can't access certain specific IP/domain on Windows 7
Been banging my head on the wall for some time now.
I have a fresh install of Windows 7 - Ultimate ~x86. Some IPs can't resolve properly, it doesn't matter if I try using Firefox, Chrome or IE I end ...
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Ethernet vs TCP vs IP?
What is the difference between Ethernet, TCP, and IP in simple (simple abstract) terms?
Please do not copy from Wikipedia...
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How to find how many hosts are on subnet mask: 255.255.255.252?
I have Wireless Internet with a USB modem and got what seems to be a Class A IP allocated (first byte is decimal 10).
ipconfig /all shows a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252. I know that the ones are ...
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How to make my computer accessible anywhere
How can I make my computer accessible anywhere (via SSH preferably).
I have Ubuntu installed on it.
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Is there a way to set up dyndns.com using dynamic IP without any router changes?
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How to fake ip at localhost without LoopBack
How can i fake an ip on my own PC? for example if there were an ip address lets say 201.91.81.71, that Host is somewhere outside of my red and is hosting a webserver. How can set a website on my own ...
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How to block/avoid a particular IP when connecting to websites?
I'm having trouble connecting to a particular website. I can view it through a proxy, but not from home. So I ran a traceroute:
Tracing route to fvringette.com [76.74.225.90]
over a maximum of 30 ...
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Is there a way to 'include' a separate file in /etc/hosts?
Is there any way to 'include' another file within the /etc/hosts file? Particularly I want to include a non-protected (-rw-rw-rw) file so I can easily edit it in something like TextMate without having ...
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Command to find out which machines I share a network with
Can I find out which other machines (their IPs) are on my network via Ubuntu command line? What I currently do is install Wireshark and monitor the traffic. Was just hoping there was a simpler way of ...
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Is it possible to host a web server from behind a NAT
My PC is behind a NAT router that has a public IP address. If I want to host a website then I believe I need a domain name which I can purchase from some site which would pledge to resolve all DNS ...
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In Ubuntu, routes are not added as defined in rc.local file....why?
I need to setup my ubuntu pc single nic card ip as 192.168.1.6 for internet and 10.172.170.95 and 135.10.86.100 for my lan and for another network through my 4port DSL modem.So i defined like this.
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What does "network" mean in the /etc/network/interfaces file?
In Linux, to define aliases, we have to modify /etc/network/interfaces..
Something like this:
auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 192.168.1.60
netmask 255.255.255.0
network x.x.x.x
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Can I combine two Internet connections into one PC using only a switch? [duplicate]
Suppose I have two ISPs (Broadband) with two routers (DSL). Now I have one switch of say four ports.
Is it possible to connect to both ISPs to one PC and combine the two to achieve faster speeds?
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My network is losing the ip-address
It happens often after a while und ubuntu 8.04 on my notebook in my wired LAN. After I couldn't find a reason in the logs I started a terminal and a ping.
Reading my emails I recognized that the ...
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Ubuntu: Fake ip address
I have a software package which is hard-coded to open a connection to a certain local IP address. Unfortunately, the local network settings have changed, And I can't access the source code (long story)...
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How to tell what MTU is being used in Windows XP
I'm suffering from a really weird problem where I randomly get "The connection to the server was reset" errors when trying to access web pages (HTTP error 12031 according to the Windows network ...
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Why is localhost IP 127.0.0.1?
I wondered what is the origin of the decision to make localhost's IP address 127.0.0.1. What is the "meaning" of 127? what is the "meaning" of 0.0.1?
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