Questions tagged [routing]
Questions about using a router/networking, e.g. port forwarding, VPNs
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How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
I want to use a Windows VPN but only for a particular network, so that it doesn't take over my entire network connection.
e.g., Instead of the VPN becoming the default route, make it only the route ...
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What is the exact use of a MAC address?
I understand that IP addresses are hierarchical, so that routers throughout the internet know which direction to forward a packet. With MAC addresses, there is no hierarchy, and thus packet forwarding ...
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IP address that is the equivalent of /dev/null
Is there an IP address that would result in any packet sent to be ignored (blackholed)?
I know I can always set up a router with an IP address and then just have it ignore all packets sent to it, but ...
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OpenVPN: Only route a specific IP addresses through VPN?
On a remote private network there are two servers -- a file server and a database server (these are both Win machines, in case it matters).
The file server has its own fairly robust authentication ...
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How do you get loopback addresses other than 127.0.0.1 to work on OS X
According to everything I read, the entire 127.x.x.x subnet should loopback.
However, on my Mac, I can only ping 127.0.0.1
I know I've done this before (though possibly on another OS) and has come ...
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What is the difference between ARP binding and DHCP address reservation?
In my TL-WR1043ND I have these functionalities and both of them pair an IP address to a MAC address. What is the difference?
I read that ARP is for security reasons, others say it is for Wake-on-LAN. ...
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How to direct IP route through specific interface in OS X?
I'm on a mac and trying to route a particular address though a specific gateway on my wifi connection.
I'm using:
route add -host 54.81.143.201 192.168.15.1
Sometimes this will work, other times it ...
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How to force split tunnel routing on Mac to a Cisco VPN
Any one know how to hack the routing table (on a mac) to defeat the forcing of VPN routing for every thing over a cisco VPN? pretty much what I want to do is have only 10.121.* and 10.122.* addresses ...
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Does All LAN Traffic Travel Through A Router
I have a very simple question: if I have a router (DHCP enabled - leasing IP addresses between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254) with a switch plugged in, and I plug two computers into the switch, will ...
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Why are subnet-masks relevant for the individual computer on the network?
I understand how subnet-masks are used to divide a network into sub-networks, but, why does every computer in the network need to know the subnet-mask and not just the router?
I could understand it, ...
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How to route only specific subnet (source ip) to a particular interface?
How to route only specific subnet (source ip) to a particular interface?
OS: Linux
I know I can do easily by destination IP by using something like
route add 1.2.3.4/24 dev eth4
but I do not ...
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iptables vs route
What's the difference between these two tools?
Can anybody tell me what the main workflow of networking behind Linux (in relation to IPv4 packet filtering, NAT and IP routing table) is?
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What's 24 in "192.168.15.0/24"?
What's the meaning of /24 in the following command?
route add -net 192.168.15.0/24 192.168.8.10
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Access internal IP using public IP
I have a DSL modem with a public IP address (201.206.x.x), and I have a web server in my internal network (192.168.0.50).
I set up the modem to forward requests to port 80 to my web server, so, if I ...
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On Windows, how to determine route for IP destination?
How can I determine the IP route taken for a specific IP destination (without looking at "route print" and figuring it out manually)?
In OS X there's route get 1.2.34 and in Linux there's /sbin/ip ...
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How smart is my network?
There is an argument within my office about how smart/efficient the network we have set up really is.
We have a fibre line and a cable line running into a load balancing router, which has a hardware ...
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What stops an internet router from sniffing my traffic?
Packets travel through internetworks, and take many routes through internet routers.
On each route that forwards traffic to another until reaching the ultimate destination, what stops them from ...
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I have a domain, static IP address and many devices I'd like to access outside my house. How do I route them?
I have a domain (e.g. example.com), static IP address (e.g. 212.5.5.5) and local devices at 192.168.0.1:80, 192.168.0.2:80, 192.168.0.3:80, 192.168.0.4:80, 192.168.0.4:47 (this one is not a website).
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Add an "on-link" routing entry
On Windows 7 I have been using the command route add to add routing entries with a gateway. I now want to add a routing entry with no gateway, where the route is directly reachable.
Windows 7 calls ...
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Route the traffic over specific interface for a process in linux
Is it possible to route the traffic used by a process over a specific interface?
For example, network traffic by download application should always use the interface wlan0 whereas all other ...
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"Network is unreachable" when attempting to ping google, but internal addresses work
I can get to other PCs in my house on the 192 network, but trying to go outside gives me the "network is unreachable" message. p3p1 is up with a good IP Address. Running Fedora 16. What should I ...
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How do I tell Windows to use 802.11 in preference to 3G?
I have a Samsung NC-10 netbook which I take to work every day. Most of the time I use it just on the train/bus, but I also use it at work and home.
It has a built-in 3G card which I want to use when ...
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Route all trafic for specific ip over specific network interface
I have a linux server that needs to get some routing. I'm fairly new at this and i don't find any clear source on google.
The setup should be simple:
All traffic to a server on ip 192.168.72.20 ...
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Why can I ping 10.0.0.0/8 addresses from a 192.168.1.0/24 subnet?
My home network uses a 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, and when I ping 192.168.1.137 I get a response saying the host is unavailable (as expected because I don't have any machines using that address)
However, ...
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How do IP answer packets reach their destination inside of a private LAN? [duplicate]
This is a little theory question that has been confusing me for a pretty long time.
Basically, if we are inside of a private LAN, and we want incoming packets to reach, for example, an HTTP server ...
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Does DD-WRT QoS actually work?
There have been various reports of DD-WRT QoS not working (here, here and elsewhere).
The DD-WRT QoS Documentation mentions some checks would indicate whether the proper priorities are being applied ...
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Does the order of entries in the routing table matter?
Does the routing order matter:
> route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
123.x.x.151 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH ...
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How to tell Windows 7 to ignore a default gateway
I currently have 2 network cards in my PC -- one connected to an internal network on a router with a disconnected WAN port (10.x.x.x), and one connected to the internet through a consumer router (192....
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NAT vs. port forwarding [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is port forwarding and what is it used for?
What is the difference between NAT and port forwarding? Are they two different names for the same thing? What would be a short ...
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"Connection refused" vs "No route to host"
I have an Apache server running on a server:
[root@te-srv2 ~]# ps -ecf|grep httpd
root 698 32047 TS 19 10:45 pts/24 00:00:00 grep httpd
root 32081 1 TS 19 10:16 ? 00:00:00 /...
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How to map an IP adress to localhost?
I want to map the IP address 192.168.1.222 to 127.0.0.1 so that if I use 192.168.1.222 in the web browser or ping command I get the response (and that from my 127.0.0.1).
Is this possible via ...
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What's the meaning of link#4 in mac's route table?
jichaodeiMac:~ jichaoyang$ netstat -r
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
default openwrt.lan UGSc 10 ...
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Does the traffic go through my company network when I browse when connected through SSL-VPN
I work for a company which is not in my country. The enterprise intranet is in a different country. We do not have many employees in my country - so everyone works from home. When we need intranet ...
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Internet Sharing on Lion breaks my routing table
When in the office, I'm connected to a 192.168.1.0/24 network. When Internet Sharing is off, the first entry of netstat -nr is
default 192.168.1.254 UGSc 10 62 en0
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Route only specific traffic through VPN
I've looked up previous people asking similar questions, but have yet to get a straight answer that will work for my given situation, so here goes..
I'm running on Linux (Fedora 22) and have a VPN ...
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How do I setup Ubuntu/Linux's Network manager to selectively route network traffic through the VPN?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and I just noticed that ALL of my network traffic is being routed through my VPN. I would like the VPN to route only the traffic hitting servers on the VPN and then connect ...
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How can I ping via an alternate gateway?
Our network has two modems, each one hidden behind a router. The primary router is on 10.1.1.1, the backup router is on 10.1.1.2, and are both configured to the 10.1.1.0/24 subnet. Both routers have ...
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What does 0.0.0.0 gateway mean in routing table?
I am new to being a Linux system admin and I am learning about routing tables.
Currently I have two interfaces in my virtual machine:
vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link ...
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How to set up application-specific routing table on Windows?
Suppose network interface 1 (net1) and 2 (net2) are both connected to the Internet. I want application 1 (app1) to use net1, and application 2 (app2) to use net2. How can it be done under Windows?
If ...
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What is "Disable class based route addition" good for?
In the advanced TCP/IP settings of a Windows VPN connection, I found a checkbox labeled Disable class based route addition. The checkbox is only enabled as long as Use default gateway on remote ...
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How does the router know which device to send packets to? [duplicate]
my question does not concern how it moves through the internet, but how it moves through the router to a certain device. All devices connected to a router in a home network have the same external IP. ...
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How do I make certain web addresses use a specific network adapter on Mac OS X?
I have two Internet connections at work, my wired Ethernet connection (which is heavily filtered behind a firewall, can't connect to Apple Updates, etc.) and a wireless connection that is unfiltered. ...
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Stop VPN being used on internet traffic on Win 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
How To Use Local Internet Connection To Access Internet While Still Connected with VPN
I am ...
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Can't add default route - RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable
On an Ubuntu 14.04 server (3.16.0-30) I'm trying to add a default route and getting error as follows:
ip route add default via 172.16.111.99 dev bond0.11
RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable
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Is it possible to have 2 different VPN connections simultaneously on the same machine? maybe on different network interfaces?
I am setting up a new cluster in my new workplace, and I am still administering another cluster in my last work place. Basically I am "copying" the configuration of the first one to setup the new one.
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Rerouting local LAN and Internet traffic when in VPN
I'm connecting to a VPN which doesn't allow split tunneling and basically reroutes my Internet traffic through, which is slow. Additionally and more importantly, this also effectively removes my ...
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SSH server can't be connected to when VPN is turned on
I recently found that when my workstation connects through a VPN connection then its SSH server can't be connected to from a remote site. I am sure it's a routing problem because the the VPN client ...
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How on earth can this reported hour-long ping time be real?
I recently spent the Easter bank holiday with my parents, who live in a very rural area in the UK. They have a (terrible) ADSL internet connection, which is run over several kilometres of dodgy copper ...
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Can someone explain a tracert to my own public IP?
I'm trying to learn about ip routing and I'm am trying to trace route my own public IP. I just searched my ip online and tried it. the results I got were
> tracert [my_public_ip]
1 <1ms 192....
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Windows 7: how can I add an IP range in the "route" command?
I'm using two network connections, and I tried using the "route" command so that when I access a specific internal IP on my LAN, it would use connection 1, anything else would go normally through ...