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What is the preferred method of command line domain name lookup (DNS)?
What command line command do I use to lookup a domain address?
When looking at the man pages for nslookup and dig I can see a section saying that these utilities do not use the Mac OS methods of ...
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AppleTV and other Apple devices connecting by wifi but not by LAN
I have an AppleTV in a local network that is connected by WiFi but it cannot find the iTunes library in my Mac that is connected via LAN to the router.
If I connect my Mac via WiFi, voilá, AppleTV is ...
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How to find IP address of my other Mac?
I have two Macs on the same network, both plugged into my internet router. I have screen-sharing set up on one of them, so I can connect to it using command-K in the Finder with a vnc:// URL, and ...
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Can't connect Mac to Mac via Finder over LAN
I'm having trouble getting one Mac on my home LAN to talk to another - let's call them Red and Blue. Red can't connect via Finder (under Shared) to Blue. But Red can open a Screen Sharing session to ...
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AirPrint doesn't work with router that has DD-WRT installed
Years ago, AirPrint worked in my house on my current printer. It's an HP Photosmart Premium and it absolutely does support AirPrint.
Then a year or two ago, I installed DD-WRT on my Linksys WRT160N ...
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What can I use for multi-person, single conversation, instant messaging in a serverless local network?
We have a number of Mac's in a small, simple local network at the office (all running Snow Leopard or later) that I'd like to use for instant messaging with multiple participants.
The trouble is, at ...
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mdns works different on snow leopard and lion
I have a few linux machines on my local network. Using avahi, they expose their name over mdns. This enables me to access them by doing ping green.local or other commands (but by using the hostname).
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Is Bonjour supposed to make your home networking a lot easier?
If Bonjour is installed on all PCs, Macs, is it supposed to make home networking a lot easier? (the heaven of seeing all shared folders any where at home?)
(even the VLC Streamer on iPad claims to ...
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Prevent Bonjour Announcements Over OpenVPN
We have an OpenVPN server at work, which I use frequently to access private work resources. When I do, the "Shared" listed in Finder populates with all the automatically announced servers/resources at ...
