Questions tagged [broadcast]
Broadcast refers to sending a message to all devices on the same LAN.
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CDP broadcast questions in a standard AP
Let say I have radio 1 connected to radio 2 in wireless. Then the two radios send a CDP packet to each other. What will happen on a Access Point. Is there any standard for those APs in the markets?
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IPv6 link-local multicast vs. IPv4 broadcast
I know that there is no broadcast in IPv6. However, there is the concept of link-local multicast using the ff02::1 IP address, reaching all hosts in the very same local network.
So what is the ...
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Address LAN computers by name over Open VPN
Using OpenVPN client on Windows 7 laptop to access my home network. Workgroup on the laptop is "MyWorkgroup".
Home network:
Wifi router on 192.168.1.1 - Linksys EA6500 with USB hard drive plugged ...
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Is this subnetted IP address valid?
I'm learning subnetting at the moment and I'm unsure whether this is considered a valid IP address.
150.16.5.255/21
My teacher asserts that this is invalid because it is a broadcast address of one ...
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i want to broadcast the audio (livestream) from pc 1 "line in" through pc 2 via network "LAN"
i want to broadcast(livestream) the audio from pc 1 "line in" through pc 2 via network "LAN" because i have no available built in audio interface in pc 2..
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FIle Transfer broadcasting
I am curious are there implementations where one can send a file over a broadcast address like in IPv4 addresses to multiple end hosts?
For instance can scp perform a file Broadcast to multiple hosts
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What is the exact use of a limited broadcast address?
I read that limited broadcast addresses will be dropped by the router. So, it's not used in the layer-3 (Network layer), where IP addresses are meant to be used. So, where exactly is it used?
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Broadcast address for address 144.16.95.255?
A subnetted Class B network has the following broadcast address : 144.16.95.255. Its subnet mask
(a) is necessarily 255.255.224.0
(b) is necessarily 255.255.240.0
(c) is necessarily 255.255.248.0
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How to override wifi broadcast speed limit?
In the 802.11 protocol broadcast happens at minimum speeds (usually 1 Mbps) since there is no ACK system to know if the packet has been delivered successfully.
But I want to broadcast a video stream ...
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Script/program that listens for user input, reads logs for output and sends broadcast
During code deployments there is a risk of service/system failures. The Network Operations Center monitors alerts from servers. If the alert comes as a result of a code deployment then it might not be ...
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Subnetting Difficulty
Taking the following example shown in the first image, why has my teacher has assigned in the solution (image 2) for network one (N1): 7+2 hosts?
Shouldn't it be 6+2 since the number of hosts in that ...
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How to send a netbios broadcast
I am testing some feature of a firewall and I want to send a netbios broadcast packet out. How do I this?
I tried nbtstat -A "ip-addr" but this sends a unicast message not a broadcast.
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Is it possible to get a router’s IP address from a Wi-Fi signal?
Is it possible to get a router’s IP address from a Wi-Fi signal without having to connect in, given that it's broadcasting Wi-Fi, but requires a WPA password?
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Why broadcast ping takes longer than host ping
I have a simple question.
I have read that when I'm pinging broadcast address in LAN every device responds to ICMP Echo Request and console shows first(quickest) response.
But when I pinged ...
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Is it possible to do keystroke broadcasting across a LAN on a Macintosh?
I have done the keystroke broadcasting in Windows like if I press any key in one PC the same key will be broadcast to another PC on the LAN. I wonder if there is anyway to use the same technique on a ...
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