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User's PC have 2 different IP in the same DHCP network
I currently have an issue with a user on Active Directory where their PC have 2 different IP address but in the same DHCP network (ex: IP 1: 192.168.1.10, IP 2: 192.168.1.11), gateway: 192.168.1.1). ...
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Access a network machine with ip address but not with the name?
In the File Explorer in can access the machine with ip address \10.xxx.xx.xx but cant access it at \hostname. I have two machines that have this issue.
Both the machines are on LAN. They have static ...
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Make Windows 10 send the "computer name" as DHCP hostname
I'm running one linux machine and one Windows 10 machine on my OpenWRT wireless router. Both machine's names used to be "known" to the router, and I would be able to connect from one of them to the ...
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Windows 10 uses a different DNS
I configured my routers DHCP to use Level 3 DNS which is 209.244.0.3 and 209.244.0.4 and it is also correctly shown when I check via ipconfig /all:
ipconfig dns output:
But when I check via ...
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How to tell Windows to fall back to "automatic DNS server discovery" while still preferring a specific fixed one?
So I have this weird situation that on my laptop running Windows 10 (Home) I...
need to use Windows' feature to fetch a DNS server automatically (which uses the DHCP suggested DNS?) on certain ...
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Is it possible to use static DNS servers everywhere EXCEPT specific networks?
I would like to use a DNS server like 1.1.1.1 or OpenDNS or other "private" DNS server on all networks EXCEPT my home one.
This is because I have PiHole enabled on my home network to block ads and ...
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Change IPv4 settings automatically when AP changes
Is there a way to configure an adapter's IPv4 settings (IP address, gateway, DNS) to change per Access Point (either wireless or ethernet) instead of having them fixed by adapter only?
I'd feel ...
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How to ignore DNS servers coming from DHCP
I use one of those dns services that let you bypass region restrictions on Netflix and similar sites. However I noticed that recently it stopped working, even though I set up the service's dns ...
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Why does my IP address change back to private range when I reboot?
I have a windows domain with DNS that forwards to my ISP and DHCP that passes out addresses in the 10.0.0.X range.
Things were fine until recently, now when I reboot I get a 192.168.40.X address ...
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Windows not recognizing local network domain name
I'm setting up a small network for a club that I'm a member of. The layout is a single server with two ethernet interfaces, connected to a wireless router and a wireless bridge. The bridge connects to ...
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Can't ping network machines by hostname when behind wireless router on university network (only IP)
I have a TP-LINK wireless router (TL-WR340G) that is connected to my university LAN via an Ethernet cable (which assigns a dynamic IP address to each device connected). My Windows 7 computer is behind ...
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Using DHCP manual/auto independantly from DNS manual/auto
I've read several definitions for DHCP and DNS on various sites.
They all sound like they are 2 VERY different things.
Why does Windows XP's property tab allow/disallow 1... when you allow/disallow ...
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OpenDNS servers initial response is very slow
I've got a Time Warner cable ISP package (RoadRunner), and the modem they gave me doesn't allow me to specify which DNS servers to use; it always uses whatever the upstream dhcp server gives it. I ...
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Static DNS + DHCP-ed IP in Windows?
I change wifi networks a couple times a day. Obviously they have different DHCP settings, and I always use dynamic ip resolving.
However, I want to have the same (say, OpenDNS') static nameservers in ...
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Can DHCP provide DNS addresses when IP is static?
In Windows, when I select static IP (instead of DHCP-assigned one) I have to enter the IP address for DNS servers. Is there a way to manually set IP address yet obtain the DNS addresses from the DHCP ...
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