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For questions on connecting devices together so that they can communicate with each other, as well as questions on networking equipment such as routers and switches.

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Why can Ethernet NICs bridge to VirtualBox and most Wi-Fi NICs don't?

I saw in forums that some Wi-Fi adapters can't support bridge, but they didn't explain very well why. So: Why can all Ethernet NICs bridge to a VM, like VirtualBox bridge mode, and some Wi-Fi ...
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In windows, how to change the order of networks priority to use when multiples are availables?

I have an android smartphone with USB tethering connection sharing... it's plugged to my windows PC I have an ethernet RJ45 wire.... also plugged to my windows PC... It uses automatically the ethernet ...
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How VirtualBox NIC bridging works?

I'm trying to understand somethings. General Part: I'm new on this area and I saw a video of a phisical network that told that a bridge connects two networks and knows if certain host is on the A side ...
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Network connectivity between 2 pcs [closed]

Both pc are connected into a unmanaged 24 port unmanaged switch. Windows 11 pc is in port 3 and windows 10 pc is in port 4 the one and 2 is filled by a Playstation and a TV. The router is connected ...
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How host.docker.internal works on Windows

I just want to understand why on Windows the IP of host.docker.internal is not the IP of the host, neither 172.17.0.1. How all of this works on Docker? I've already read the documentation but couldn't ...
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How to simulate Hercules on local IP address?

I would like to simulate a TCP server, using Hercules (by HW-Group). When I configure the port (12714), netstat -aon | findstr "12714" shows me this result: DOS Prompt>netstat -aon | ...
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How can I link the virtual machine to appear with its own unique MAC address?

I made a virtual machine when changing from NAT to bridging mode, and when checking on the devices connected to the network the virtual machine appears with the host MAC address which I assume is ...
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Is there any way to block connections by process and hostname system-wide in Windows?

In macOS, a firewall app like Little Snitch can block outgoing connections by both process and hostname (as opposed to just IP address), allowing fine-grained control over which network connections ...
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Use tshark and return binary of packet in the STDOUT

As part of a project, I need to retrieve network packets on a network interface using -i. tshark -i eth0 I need to retrieve the binary format of the packages, however I would like if possible not to ...
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My Windows (not server) computer can be accessed with IPv6 but not IPv4 (telnet and HTTPs)?

I have a Windows 11 Pro computer with IIS enabled. It has public IPv4 1.2.3.4 and 1:2:3:4 (from https://whatismyipaddress.com/). I setup an IIS website and route my domain to my server with Cloudflare ...
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How do we reach an IP address?

How does the following work in TCP/IP protocol? There are two subnets: subnet A is 10.0.0.0/8 subnet B is 10.20.0.0/16 A host in Network A with an IP address of 10.20.3.4 wants to access a host 10....
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Headphone cable connection adapters [duplicate]

Using a four pole headphone cable with a television which has a three pole jack. Can I use this four pole cable with a three pole television headphone jack? Will it work?
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DNS not working after switching to VPN and back? (Home network)

I have a raspberry pi, hostname raspberrypi, on my home network that I can usually connect to just fine - I didn't have to set anything up, it just worked after it was plugged in, presumably using my ...
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How to confirm host IP address in a browser?

I am trying to troubleshoot certain CDN problem, testing what kind of download speeds I get on different servers. Let's say it is host.example.com which will return me some IP address, not sure which ...
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Redirect website endpoints locally

Whenever I click a link that hits this endpoint: youtube.com/shorts/{video_id} I'd like my browser to instead end up at youtube.com/watch/{video_id} (Since /shorts/ is grotesquely horrible on ...
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