Questions tagged [ip]
For questions about Internet Protocol (IP), an OSI layer-3 network protocol. There are two current IP versions in use: IPv4 and IPv6.
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What happens with a ping when it enters a network? Is the router the one answering with a reply?
What happens with a ping when it enters a network? Does the router redirects it to one of the devices on the network, or it sends the reply itself?
Device a1 from network A, with public IP adress P1 ...
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2 hosts on same subnet route thru 3rd host? [closed]
Here's the setup:
Host A : 192.168.0.5/24
Host B : 192.168.0.6/24
Host C : 192.168.0.1/24
All connected via switch.
I want to monitor traffic between A and B by setting a route on A and B to use C ...
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How to do auto tunneling or auto port forwarding for an app over a router? [closed]
The question is very clear. Just how to let an app to communicate with other apps on WAN by crossing the router. Tunneling is good for fixed back and forth communication but not good for one way from ...
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Which mask to use for 1024 address size subnet [duplicate]
I am trying to identify if given IPs are from same 1024 SUBNET.
192.168.3.1
192.168.2.19
192.168.1.1
The part I got stuck is that SUBNET address size is 1024.
If I am sure, by checking IP addresses ...
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Is it possible to access 127.0.0.xxx in anyway [closed]
So I've been configuring my network at work. We've got a lot of devices from NAS servers to Dante AoIP devices.
While configuring some of my devices I managed to set the IP adress of one device to ...
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Give the 36th subnet for given network [duplicate]
Given network is: 148.47.0.0/16,
give the 36th subnet where you can uniquely address 54 hosts.
Where to start? Thanks in advance.
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Does NAT violate end to end argument?
Does NAT violate end to end argument?
What does end to end argument means in this context?
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Is an IP address necessary for a gateway?
When a IP sends something to another host outside the same subnet, it constructs a packet (L3) with the target IP being the IP of the target host, but the frame (L2) has the destination address = ...
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Routing protocol comparisons (with Linux) [closed]
I am doing some thesis about comparison of routing protocols, most notably how (how good, how fast) they react to changes in the underlying network. Not sure if this makes any sense, but too late to ...
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Transport layer segmentation and Ip layer fragmentation [duplicate]
From the OSI Model's point of view:
If we already have Ip fragmentation which happen due to the network limitation, why the transport layer provides the segmentation mechanism via TCP protocol?
why ...
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How TCP connections between origin and node servers over a BGP Anycast gets established?
Server A and B have the same IP address with anycast. Server B connects to the origin server that is very close to server A and very far away from server B, since server A is closer, the response will ...
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Remotely Connecting an IPv6 Computer to a IPv6 Private Web Server
I have a private web server at my office, and I want to access that server remotely at my house via IPv6.
My office has both IPv4 and IPv6 enabled, but my home has only IPv6.
IPv4 works, but I have ...
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How does a host know the ip addresses of other hosts on the same LAN?
So as the title say, how does a host know the ip addresses of other hosts on the same LAN? Is there a specific protocol for this? My first thought was that ARP could be used. But ARP seem to take an ...
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How to handle multicast address collisions?
Assume 2 multicast IP addresses IP1 and IP2 whose mac addresses are same due to collision
Let's say a host's NIC has joined multicast stream IP1 and another host on the original host's subnet joined ...
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Why is default gateway in routers configuration usually set as an IP address?
I mean why not just:
a MAC address? It should eliminate the need in ARP requests asking for gateway address. Also it should eliminate the need in changing IP addresses in settings when gateway IP is ...
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Why is the source / destination address ordering in IPv4 and IPv6 headers opposite of Ethernet source and destination MAC addresses? [duplicate]
Engineers always do things for a reason.
I've noticed that in Ethernet frames, the ordering is destination MAC address first, and then the source MAC address.
What's the reason for reversing the ...
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Split to four equal size subnets [duplicate]
Question;
Suppose an ISP owns the block of addresses of the form 128.119.40.64/25. Suppose it wants to create four subnets from this block, with each block having the same number of IP addresses. What ...
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About relation of ip adresses and number of hosts [duplicate]
Question is;
https://imgur.com/9nKqRgE
I am not sure about the answer but my thinking is that if there are 35 hosts then 2^x=>35 after that i find x is 6
it means 6 zero we have on subnet. and ...
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Enterprise network VS Industrial network [closed]
I would like to know the difference between the enterprise network and industrial Network.If someone has experience in industrial network, is he able to work in enterprise network?
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Is there a way to manage IP space with only a switch?
Is this scheme possible?
External provider = External provider of the internet
Generally speaking, is there a way to assign a public IP address individually for each server to be used when SFP+ port ...
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Same /24 IP prefix, same AS for 2 different locations, possible?
Let's say I have 2 locations:
1. the United States Datacenter
2. the Russian Federation Datacenter
I have 1 /24 Subnet with 1 AS. Both sites have a different ISP.
My target is to: allocate /24 for ...
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How to discover a host when you don't know its mac, ip and subnet?
I have a network switch and I don't know its ip nor mac address nor even subnet. I need to get all this information.
Yes, there are tools like nmap and arp-scan, but the problem is they all need an ...
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Confusion about IANA “Protocol Numbers” registery
In the IANA registery for "Protocol Numbers", there listed 2 IP protocol versions: IPv4 at #4 and IPv6 at #41. Their "protocol" column says IPv[46] Encapsulation, and "reference" column points to 2 ...
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Does network layer provide connection oriented service
I know that in TCP/IP model the data link layer provides connection less service.
While reading IPv6 Header. 'The flow label is used for connection oriented servie'.
How does TCP/IP model provide ...
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How is IP tramsmitted from client to server? I checked HTTP requests but its not there [closed]
how do websites know our IP? I checked in HTTP requests, headers and everything is there but no IP why so?
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Will pinging the multicast “all hosts” IP 224.0.0.1 fill my ARP cache with all hosts on my current subnet?
Just wondering in case I ever have a want / need to see all the hosts on my subnet.
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Function of the P-bit flag in an IPv6 multicast
Currently I'm trying to learn (common) things about IPv6 and started with the address format and the address scopes. Finally I reached the multicast part where my problem with the definiton of the ...
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Is the first address in an IPv6 subnet assignable?
I am working in a lab and have configured a series of /125 subnets between routers. Lets ignore the best practice for this discussion of using /64 for everything.
When I assign fd00:f9a8:ffff::257 to ...
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Unicast Adjacency Routes Nexus (AM) Cisco Nexus
I have an odd situation. There is static route on my Nexus 7700 that routes anything for specific subnet /24 to a F5 LTM Load Balancer, external VRRP interface 10.x.153.15.
As you can see below, ...
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Typical signs of fragmented IP fragments
Given, for example, a Wireshark trace, how can I identify that the IP fragments that I am sending are themselves being fragmented?
For example, if I'm sending 1500 byte IP fragments, and the server ...
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What layers of the TCP/IP model does an SDN involve?
New to Software-Defined Networks.
I know that an SDN involves an Application plane, a control plane and infrastructure plane. By definition, I know that the application plane is in the Application ...
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Question on windowing and determing connection speed
Hi i'm just learning computer networks and i have learned about windowing in tcp
And my question is does we determine connection speed using windowing?
I mean computer know the number of packets and ...
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In IP, to what extent are the network addresses coordinates?
Routing of data relies on being able to reach the destination address. There are network addressing systems proposed where the addresses are coordinates, Vivaldi from MIT, for example. The routing in ...
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How does NAT ensure that every machine has a unique public IP?
I am trying to understand the distinction between public and private IP addresses in IPv4 networking. The picture I've been told has some problems with it, so I would like to present it here and ask ...
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Can communication to broadcast 224.0.0.1 be made to reach hosts outside of the local subnet?
I been asked the question if it is possible for an a IP host to use multicast to address 224.0.0.1 in order to reach (and get a response from) another host which is not on the local network segment ...
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When IP header of length 22bytes is there then how padding will work?
My base IPv4 header of 20bytes + 2bytes i used for Options making it 22bytes means 176bits so padding will add 16 Zeroes to make it multiple of 32? is this correct way to understand?
Boundary of ...
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How to Run Static IP Through Comcast Business Class Modem to Router?
I apologize in advance for this kind of nebulous question, but I'm very stuck after many hours of trying and I need help.
Here's what I have:
Newest model of the Comcast Business Class Modem/Router
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Why the first octet of a MAC address always end with a binary 0?
I stumbled upon a piece of code on GitHub: https://github.com/adeverteuil/bash-ula-generator/blob/master/gen-ula.sh
# Generate an EUI64 from the MAC address
# as described in RFC 3513
# https://tools....
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How data travel from a node to a destination IP address? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a lot of devices which connect to a single switch, and the switch itself connects to a router which provide Internet connection.
Whenever an application on a node needs to ...
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What's the DF flag mean in IP packet header?
In the IP package, there is DF flag: Don't Fragment.
I have doubt about it, is it mean let all the L3 device do not to fragment the IP packet (if the L3 device found it is bigger than MTU, device ...
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How to understand the Flags is IP_MF, what will happen?
For data packets whose length exceeds the MTU of the interface, fragmentation processing is required. The fields related to fragmentation in the IP header are as follows:
Identification - Used to ...
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Why do we need Dynamic IP, if all devices are already provided with IP address
Why there is a need for DHCP server, when all devices already have a IP allocated to them?
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Is this scheme- An Ip camera network completely isolated from rest of Intranet
IP camera network completely isolated from rest of the Intranet work and for connecting each IP camera at mutually 900 m TO 1.5 km distanc to switch near NVR about 800 to 1.5 km from each IP camera ...
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What determines the private ip addresses? [closed]
Right now, I am using internet at home, and my private ip address is 192.168.x.x.
At work my private ip address is 10.x.x.x.
In both of the scenarios, I did not play any role in selecting my ip, I ...
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Is this translation possible on a router, or do I need a proxy?
Is this possible, I cannot seem to find a solution for it..
Using NAT,I have this config (this is on packet tracer)
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
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Why Internet protocol is divided in rows?
In simple words, why IP packet is divided in rows each one is 32 bit in length?
For example this attached image shows the IP packet has 32 bit in the first row then another 32 bit and so on.
Is it ...
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Why can my ISP use 172.39.29.71 as local network IP? [closed]
I just check my IP routing? and it turns to be:
IP:10.29.66.27 -> 172.39.29.71 -> x.x.x.x my outmost IP, which I get by Google "my ip".
As far as I know, 172.16.0.0/12 is the one of the 3 private ...
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What's the difference between DHCP Disabled or Relay on an access point?
I am trying to turn my old router to an access point for the new router, I assigned an IP address in the range of the new one and when I went to disable DHCP there was another option which is Relay ...
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How to do subnetting on IPV6 for non nibble boundaries?
As I was reading this article on How to: calculating IPv6 subnets outside the nibble boundary https://blog.apnic.net/2018/08/10/how-to-calculating-ipv6-subnets-outside-the-nibble-boundary/
The author ...
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Remote Host Neighbor Cache Entry State after Neighbor Solicitation request
When a Host A sends for the first time a NS request to another Host B, host B answers with a NA.
In Host A Neighbor Cache, the state Entry for host B gets from INCOMPLETE to REACHABLE, when NA comes ...
