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Geolocation specific ASN
question: is it possible to determine the geolocation of a city/region of a specific ASN? For example, Telecom Italia has many ASNs. Is it possible to know for each one "which soil" they ...
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Simple question about NAT [duplicate]
So I am learning about NAT. I understand that it changes IP from public>private and vice versa. From my understanding, when a packet or info gets sent to the public ip towards the private ip, ...
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Direct connection slower than via switch
My office ISP provides a 1 GBPS connection. When I connect my laptop directly to the router provided by the ISP, and connect to fast.com, I get a speed of approximately 100 mbps.
Our office network is ...
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Slow internet throughput if servers are connected on 10G. But good when on 1G?
In our datacenter I'm having throughput issues if a server is connected on a 10G port on the switch. For debugging I already removed our router and asked our ISP for a small IP range that I can use ...
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How can I set up two sub networks that can communicate by LAN but where only one has internet? [closed]
With only two routers, where one has a connection to the internet, is it possible to set up a second sub network that has no access to the internet, but where devices connected to either router can ...
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Is it possible to specify a route for a packet to take?
So, AFAIK, packets "hop" between routers. Packets are forwarded via a router's default path until it gets to destination IP. So is it possible to specify a specific set of routers this packet "hops" ...
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Reccomended set up for wifi in dense apartment block? [closed]
I live in an apartment block of 87 units & one thing most people in it complain about is the poor cellular data reception.
I have an idea of installing a fast wifi internet connection ...
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Using 2 different ISP In case one dies
It's my first ever post in here and I hope not the last. I'm looking for some advice. I'm trying to reduce my internet downtime for a local network.
My setup.
Mix and match computer environment (...
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What happens if we try to access an IP Address that does no exist
Beginner Question: I just read an article talking about how the internet works and how routers make sure that packets arrive at the destination. However there is one thing that is not explained ...
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Bonding and switching between 2 different Links/WANs/Interfaces
Before I ask anything, I'd like to say that I pretty much searched a lot (to what I know of from keywords and terms such as "bonding" "wans" "links" "failover" "aggregate") and I couldn't find any up ...
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MAc address or IP address? which one gets used from my pc to router? [duplicate]
Question 1) which one is used nowadays? NAT or PAT?
Question 2) as I knew, when my pc requests some website, what happens is , the data(packets) from my pc go to router. then router makes the request ...
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What's the role of Default Gateway?
It acts as the "gateway" to the Internet,but also from what i have read,it's the last thing a packet would be sent to while trying to route (when checking the senders' route table).
Maybe it's the ...
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What stops someone from configuring their network with IP addresses they do not own?
Here's the scenario. I was picturing a university that bought a range of IP addresses. I think their network would still be connected to an ISP (right?), but they'd have freedom to configure stuff the ...
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How is traffic forwarded though IXPs if route servers do not forward any traffic
while i was studying about IXP route-servers, i read that they do not forward any traffic. I get that a route server is a "control plane" entity and it is used for easier bgp peering. However, i ...
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Internet not working [closed]
I have this types of network in my office. Recently we have moved to new i BSNL internet.
My problem is when i bypass router and connect poe cable to computer internet is working but when i put ...
