Questions tagged [broadcast]
Broadcast refers to sending a message to all devices on the same LAN.
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Synology NAS Hibernation issues due to SMB broadcasts
I'm another user going around this merry-go round again. I purchased a Synology NAS DS718+, installed Plex and Docker (calibre-web-server), and have found the NAS is never sleeping.
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Receive UDP packets from multiple broadcast servers
I have two sensors which broadcast their data using UDP. I configured them to use different ports.
If I connect only one sensor, I receive the packets using nc -ul port without any trouble.
If I ...
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When is the broadcast MAC address and broadcast IP address used in a network?
I know that to discover the unknown details (IP/MAC) in a network the broadcast address is used. For example: DHCP client broadcasts request to get network detail from DHCP server, one host gets MAC-...
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What happen underneath when I type 255.255.255.255 in web browser?
I've learnt that 255.255.255.255 is broadcast address, then I'm curious what happen underneath if a web page element src is http://255.255.255.255 or I type 255.255.255.255 in url bar, will it ...
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Does a MAC-layer broadcast on Wi-Fi get sent to each client directly, or through the router?
I'm trying to find a way to get my Android device to send frequent Wi-Fi packets into the air so I can detect them from multiple base stations for interior positioning. The canonical way to do this ...
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Send phone audio output to PC without affecting phone mic? [closed]
I want to be a game streamer and use my phone to play mobile games. Therefore, I need to send my phone's sounds to my PC. I found a tutorial that suggested using the 3.5mm headset jack and a USB sound ...
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Disable terminal broadcast messages in Linux
I am relatively new user to Linux on the desktop and have recently started to connect to several work/personal VPNs using the following command:
sudo systemctl start openvpn-client@Personal
This all ...
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Does UDP broadcast translate into 802.11/Ethernet broadcast?
Setting 1: 1 master access point and 2 slave stations with 802.11 chipsets.
Setting 2: 1 master PC connected to 2 slave PCs through a switch and Ethernet cables.
Scenario: An application running at ...
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Why don't all computers show in Net View?
This is for a Windows environment.
Either in a workgroup or domain environment, why don't all computers show up in Netview or Network (via Explorer)? Assuming all computers are online and pingable, ...
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Stream a MP3 to a media device on a schedule
With a lack of a wired PA system we are utilizing speakers connected to few Linksys RE6700 devices (that we were already using as WiFi extenders) to make audio play in different areas of a building. ...
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Can I disable the broadcasting on this machine?
I've been given access to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise machine that was provisioned like this:
network 1.2.3.136/30
gateway 1.2.3.137
IP 1.2.3.138
broadcast 1.2.3.139
netmask 255.255.255.252
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Directed broadcasts to other than own IP subnet are received until socket shutdown - why?
My two hosts reside on the same Ethernet segment. Host A is 10.1.0.1/16, host B is 10.1.0.2/16. A sends directed UDP broadcasts to 10.1.255.255 and a UDP listening socket bound to INADDR_ANY on B ...
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Why change the IPv4 default broadcast address of a particular network?
Some operating systems allow the user to change the broadcast address of a network, e.g. in Linux this can be done by using the SIOCSIFBRDADDR ioctl.
Why is this necessary? In which scenario would an ...
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Remote shutdown of a group of linux servers (SNMP/Bonjour/socat?)
I have a group of linux servers on my subnet that I want to be able to remotely shutdown from a master machine. I don't want the non-master machines to have to coordinate with the master in advance, i....
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Block ARP requests (or broadcast message, if possible) from A SPECIFIC HOST in a subnet
My ISP provide username-password for authentication and also register the client's MAC address for authentication.
I am concerned about someone misusing my connection while I am not using it. ...
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