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wired LAN w/ separate wireless connections

In the DHCP setup for the wired router make sure that it is handing out a different subnet than the wireless. Also remove the gateway address. That way windows wont try to use the router as a gateway to the internet. They will only use it to talk to devices on the same subnet.
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- Post #4
- Jul 10, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Bridging machines on differnet subnets

My main question would be what is currently assigning 192.168.1.x and 10.10.10.x and why not handle the routing there? Can you do what you want cheap? Sure. Go pickup a Ubiquiti ERLite-3. Configure a couple routes and you have a $100 solution. But I wouldn't call it a great solution.
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- Post #15
- May 26, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Stuck on bridged network between buildings

Does your wireless access point at building 1 support Transparent Bridge? Often called WDS. If not your issue is likely that Wireless devices are having their MAC address rewritten by the AP. This works fine with 1 hop. Not so much with 2 hops. If it doesn't support Transparent bridge you...
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- Post #4
- May 16, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Google-only network suckitude

It might be an issue with encrypted traffic or redirects. All google services force a redirect to the https version of the site. I'd try out some other https sites so you can rule out that variable.
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- Post #2
- May 11, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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New Switch to learn on?

More interesting from a home lab perspective is probably http://openvswitch.org/. It is a lot cheaper to spin up a bunch of virtual machines and play with how they connect to each other.
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- Post #5
- May 3, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Not enough RJ45 ports? What to do?

The first thing I would check is how large your DHCP range is. Make sure it is large enough to support the increased number of devices. Being an unmanaged switch means it shouldn't modify anything DHCP related. Also make sure you don't have any devices set to use a static IP inside your DHCP...
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- Post #7
- May 3, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Enabling remote management on router from a security perspective

Honestly it depends on your router. With the seemingly endless accounts of consumer routers with backdoors, exploits, hardcoded passwords, and undocumented config pages it is hard to recommend allowing remote access. I'd feel more secure setting up a vpn if possible instead.
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- Post #4
- Apr 21, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Need Networking Advice

I'm slightly suspect of devices like this. I'm not sure how they can claim up to 500 Mbps when they only have a 100 Mbit/s fast ethernet port. Under ideal settings you might get 70Mbps transfer rates from them. That would be greater than your 50/10 internet. More realistically though you are...
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- Post #2
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Easiest way to convert an old netbook into NAS?

If you have the Ubuntu desktop installed you should be able to right click the folder you want to share and select "Share this folder" or in the folder preferences there should be a tab with share settings. There should be a checkbox on if you want to allow guest sharing. If Samba isn't already...
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- Post #4
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Unusual Networking issue

First thing I would try would be to go to a https site. If it works. Possibly the issue is only traffic on port 80. If it works but there is a warning message there might be something trying to proxy your connection. Many home routers these days hijack dns and proxy web traffic during their...
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- Post #4
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Cannot reach server on some computers, can on others

Are the new computers and the MySQL server on the same subnet? If so we can rule out the router. Can the new computers ping the MySQL server or access any other functions of it? Trying to rule out if it is solely a MySQL issue. Possibly authentication related. Can you ping the MySQL server...
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- Post #2
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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I am having a strange problem>>>

Most modems have more than 1 port. Just hook the backup to that. If it doesn't you are going to need to add a switch connecting routers and modem. Follow this guide to setup the firewalls. You don't want them completely identical. They each need their own LAN IP. They will share a virtual IP...
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- Post #4
- Apr 14, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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LAN Cable Combination Help requried

You may get substantial crosstalk in the wires if you don't follow the 568a or 568b standards. They came about for a reason.
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- Post #4
- Apr 14, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Is my DMZ not working?

If the laptop and router aren't connected to anything else what is at 192.168.0.10? DMZ in a router like that just means it is going to forward any request made to 192.168.1.15 to 192.168.0.10. So say you had a webpage hosted on port 8080 of 192.168.0.10. If you went to http://192.168.1.15:8080...
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- Post #3
- Apr 14, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Segregating NAS from internet?

Just remember if your WLAN and LAN are separate subnets and you don't set a gateway on the NAS it needs to have an interface on both subnets. Though personally I would probably still go the firewall approach as no default gateway is also going to break VPN access to it. But that is mostly...
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- Post #6
- Mar 31, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Looking for hardware for custom router setup running Linux

In that price range your option is probably either put dd-wrt on a consumer router or go with a Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite 3port. To do everything you want is going to take a good bit of effort with the Edgerouter however. Unless you are familiar already with Vyatta. For custom hardware the...
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- Post #4
- Mar 31, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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RD Gateway connection

I'm not as familiar with the Windows Phone marketplace, but I'm sure there must be a VPN option you could explore if you'd rather not have your RDP port open to the world. I don't know if there is an OpenVPN client available yet. My only experience with Mobile Windows devices and VPN is with the...
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- Post #6
- Mar 31, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Lan network ftp server

First thing I would check is Window's build in firewall. There is no reason you can't run ftp over a lan. Though if you are on a LAN there are better options like Windows file sharing. If you run "netstat -ano | find "0.0.0.0:21" on the computer with the ftp server running you should get a...
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- Post #2
- Mar 26, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Issue with two routers in my home network

In your current configuration your Wireless router would have a route to your cable modem/router network, but your cable modem/router network doesn't haven't a route to the wireless. To keep the same setup you'd need a static route on the cable modem/router for 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 to...
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- Post #4
- Mar 26, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Is Wi-Fi from one house to another feasible?

I personally have used Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco M5's to create a bridge between 3 houses with line of sight between each other. They work really well. It is the same thing that all of the Wireless ISPs in my area seem to use for clients. Albeit they are using a far more powerful one on their...
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- Post #3
- Mar 26, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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How to virtualize a server?

If you are going to go the ESXi way you might as well use the vCenter Converter Standalone client. It is free. You can run it from a laptop. It is fairly straight forward. You tell it where the hypervisor server is and you tell it the ip of the physical server you want to migrate and it pretty...
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- Post #26
- Mar 26, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Unexpected Connection Issue

Was the coffee shop's Wifi password protected? And was it a named something your laptop has connected to before? I have seen windows machines that had stored credentials for a SSID using one type of authentication. Such as WPA1. Not prompt that the password was wrong if it was trying to connect...
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- Post #2
- Mar 23, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Force hostnames to resolve via VPN DNS

First in your example you use *.mywork.com. Are you using the fully qualified name to access the servers? Or are you trying to get to something like \\fileserver? If you can access them correctly using the Fully qualified name but not the hostname someone might have removed the DNS Search domain...
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- Post #6
- Mar 23, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Setting up repeater mode wound up with bridging mode?

I don't know enough about the situation to say for sure. But if i had to guess I would say that old Asus router was set using a subnet of 192.168.1.1/24. The TP-Link has 192.168.0.1/24. Once you configured the bridge the dhcp response from the TP-Link was able to reach your second computer...
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- Post #4
- Mar 23, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Convert a WHS 2011 box to an HTPC - little complicated

The big thing will be to change the primary boot drive in the bios to use your SSD. Once that is done you really don't have to do anything special with the drive that has WHS2011 installed on it. When your new Windows 7 starts up it will just treat it as another storage drive. Add it to your...
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- Post #2
- Jan 6, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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I need to have two separate DSL connections on the same network

If you really want separate and easy just buy 2 routers. For this example lets Say we have Router A and Router B. They each have their own internet connection going into them. Router A we can leave pretty much at factory defaults. Which I'll assume is 192.168.1.1 with DHCP turned on. For...
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- Post #5
- Jan 6, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Run an additional lan between two switches connected via fiber?

Is your "WAN" the business owners LAN? I hope that isn't the case but it wouldn't surprise me. It would scare me though if the network techs "haven't done anything like that." Anyone that works with VoIP should at least have a cursory knowledge of setting up VLANs, QoS, and DSCP setttings in...
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- Post #6
- Nov 21, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Windows 8.1 - multichannel SMB 3.0 - no switch?

Multichannel actually still works with NIC Teaming enabled. http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/05/13/the-basics-of-smb-multichannel-a-feature-of-windows-server-2012-and-smb-3-0.aspx It is the SMB-Direct which uses RDMA that breaks if you turn on NIC teaming.
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- Post #6
- Nov 21, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Spy hardware detection

Out of curiosity how long is "a while ago." When dealing with friends and family that use this to describe how long ago they bought their computer I usually take it as meaning a decade. In other words, long enough ago that just updates alone are enough to severely slow down the computer. Not to...
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- Post #12
- Nov 21, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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vlans

The last small business that came to me to set things up for them I used a Ubiquiti 3 port EdgeRouter and 1 of those netgear smart switches you linked. Also a Unifi AP. They wanted a Private LAN, Guest Wifi, Secure Wifi, and a Credit card reader LAN. (Or rather that is what I suggested) That was...
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- Post #8
- Oct 30, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Find IP of Switch on Different Subnet?

This might depend on switch manufacturer, but I know on HP switches you can open up wireshark and look for LLDP_Multicast packets. The last section of that will list the Management Address. No console cable or reset required.
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- Post #9
- Oct 9, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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DNS Shenanigans

You might want to try out http://dnsviz.net/. Though that is probably only going to help if it is a DNSSEC config issue.
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- Post #3
- Sep 19, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Setting up a router as a wireless extender through a wired switch

To your question about the SSID. Yes, keep the SSID and the password/encryption type exactly the same. Though put them on different channels so you don't have to worry about overlap. Channels 1,6 or 11 preferably. And as others mentioned. Most wireless routers have a setting that will put them...
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- Post #5
- Sep 15, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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windows me wireless net working

Honestly continuing to use Windows ME is just asking for trouble. There is no guarantee that any suggestion here that didn't first start with replacing the computer is going to help you. How is the computer in question hooked to the internet right now? Dial up? Cable/DSL modem?
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- Post #12
- Sep 11, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Internet security

It is possible that it is your router that is infected. It could have a hijacked DNS entry or set to forward all of your requests to a proxy. This would better explain how all 4 devices are having issues. If you manually set your DNS on a computer to something like 8.8.8.8 (googles public dns...
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- Post #11
- Sep 11, 2014
- Forum: Security
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Need help on new big project! QOS, Switches, and Access Points

You might want to check to make sure that Valuepoint doesn't require a user license. Looking at their store the 3600 model has concurrent user licenses sold separately. Also the limit of 65mbps throughput is somewhat worrying. I don't know what bandwidth options are available for you, but that...
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- Post #15
- Sep 9, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Need help on new big project! QOS, Switches, and Access Points

I'm not sure what your price range is, but you could do everything you are after with something like a Sonicwall NSA2600, a couple 3 packs of Ubiquiti AP's (depending on 2.4ghz usage in your area you might have to go with the Pro model for the dual band) and a PoE switch to power the APs. They...
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- Post #11
- Sep 6, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Ideas why local DNS fails with specialized software

I'm not sure it is DNS being finicky as much as it is Sage and other programs having trouble with UNC paths. I've had changing the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order\ProviderOrder to be the same on both the server and the client work before. Though I'm not sure if that...
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- Post #2
- Sep 3, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Tomato + Unifi AP - How to use vlan?

Are the checkboxes under tagged ever not grayed out? If that means the router doesn't support tagged traffic and only supports untagged traffic you aren't going to be able to use different subnets for guest and private on the UniFi. At least not without a smart switch in between.
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- Post #6
- Sep 2, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Hosting my own dedicated web server from home

I personally use dyn.com to do this and then have a server set up as an apache reverse webproxy so I can use different subdomains with the same IP. Also this keeps my VMs from being directly accessible to the internet. This is just for a personal owncloud and plex server however. The reverse...
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- Post #16
- Sep 2, 2014
- Forum: Networking

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