Questions about configuring, troubleshooting or using connections that one device uses to talk to another.
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Why does my wifi internet access fail shortly after connecting to a LAN without internet access?
I have a working wireless connection to an access point with an internet connection (where my IP is 172.17.30.137). Over this wireless connection I am able to ping internet addresses (e.g. 4.2.2.1) as ...
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Internet Sharing on Mountain Lion not working
I am trying to share an ethernet connection on a MacBook over Wi-Fi. I enabled Internet Sharing in the Sharing prefpane,
When I try to connect using an iPad, the iPad can see the network but cannot ...
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How do I delete other available networks from network scan list?
My Macbook Pro (v10.6.8) is constantly automatically connecting to a neighbor's wifi - event though I've never connected to that network, and I have my own Wifi connection prioritized. The system is ...
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Prefer cable over wifi in Mac on Mac for a specific IP
Is it possible to set a MacBook Pro to use ethernet cable over the wifi when it tries to access a certain IP in .bashrc file or any other configuration file?
For example, you can set it not to use a ...
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How should I use VPN on a Mac to prevent compromise before the VPN starts?
As most experienced users will have heard, using a Mac in a public untrusted Wi-Fi can be potentially harmful. A tool like Firesheep1 has made it very easy to intercept unencrypted communication.
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Configure Software Update to use a SOCKS5 proxy
I've got a machine that doesn't have a direct connection to the internet. I use a socks proxy to connect to the internet:
% ssh -ND 8080 gateway-machine
And I've got Firefox, etc configured to use ...
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Can't access internet
Suddenly, a couple of days ago, I have started to have major problems accessing internet through my home network, with my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 (non-retina) running Mountain Lion.
I connect to the ...
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Change of IP / Configure AirPort Extreme
Earlier today our IP Address changed due to misconfiguration caused by our ISP. I'm trying to ensure our IP won't change again. So I spoke with our ISP and they assigned us a static IP (we were ...
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How to redirect all my WiFi-hotspot users a certain IP/domain..?
Is there any OSX router software or Airport config to redirect all the users that connect to my Airport WiFi-hotspot to a certain domain or local IP?
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Migration over wifi requires specific network configuration?
I bought a new Macbook running Lion, trying to migrate from an old Macbook running Snow Leopard. At my temporary housing, the two machines were able to find each other over migration assistant, but ...
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Why does PF stop ipfw from forwarding in Mountain Lion?
Disclaimer: I know, ipfw is now deprecated. However, as I'm yet to find a functional way of forwarding packets using PF, I would like to keep using ipfw.
What I'm trying to do is forward all my ...
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Verizon iPad 4 not connecting to LTE
I have a recently purchased iPad 4 that runs on Verizon. I have not yet signed up for a mobile data plan. When I turn off wifi to see what network the iPad connects to the fastest network it connects ...
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How can I take custom printer settings from one computer and transfer them to others on the network?
I have a new printer on the network with four paper trays. If I set custom print settings on one computer. How can I transfer these setting to other computers?
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Why can I no longer get an internet connection when using my old Macbook and AirPort Express?
Up until recently I was using my 2007 MacBook perfectly fine with my old AirPort Express. A few days ago I purchased a used mid-2010 iMac which is now running OS X 10.8.3 (something I'm still not too ...
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HTTP Get is not working stable after Netboot
I am booting a Netboot Image with a MacMini 5.1, after the system is up a shell script calls a server via curl.
At the moment the Internet connection is up and running. I verify that doing a ping to ...
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Neighbor's Airport Extreme extending my wireless network?
I noticed a new machine on my network -- it's my next-door neighbor's Airport Extreme!
My network is set up with a WPA2 Personal password, and I don't believe that he's cracking passwords to steal ...
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How to host Etherpad (node.js) AND create a closed Wifi network from the same Mac?
I have a successfully running Etherpad install running on my Mac, and when clients on my network connect to my node.js server through the IP address assigned by my router, all is well.
But I'm going ...
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Wired Network Connection getting auto configured IP Address
I recently did a clean install of Mountain Lion and experiencing strange behavior with my wired Ethernet connection. It cannot obtain an IP address from DHCP, where the wireless can, against the same ...
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Wake on demand: can't access through internet
I'm using Wake on Demand (not WOL) to access my mac remotely. I can wake it from the sleep state only if I am on the same network using SSH, SFTP or HTTP. I have managed to connect from internet using ...
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Very long login times in Mac OS X
I am experiencing an issue with OS X 10.8.3, where it takes a very long time to login. It seems like it has something to do with which network I am connected to.
Explanation of the issue:
I get ...
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Is it possible to change the default gateway of the DHCP server side of an Airport Extreme
I will try to be brief. In my career I have always used the upper end of the subnet for network devices. For instance, I use .250-.254 for network devices such as the routers. I am very fond of using ...
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Wifi network not showing up
I have a weird problem, and internet isn't really helpful on that one.
I have a macbook pro and a wifi network. The macbook pro can see plenty of wifi network around, but very rarely mine.
The wifi ...
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How to prioritize WiFi networks on iPhone [duplicate]
I can connect to multiple WiFi networks on my iPhone but the problem is that I cannot prioritize them. iPhone automatically connects to a specific network, which is slower in my case, and then I have ...
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Check if Network Accounts are avalible
We have a domain running Microsoft Active Directory and in that domain there is a number of Mac computers running Leopard and later. Sometimes the users are met by a red dot at the login screen, ...
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change MAC address in USB device
I'm trying to change the MAC on a USB wifi device. The usual way of doing it does nothing...
sudo ifconfig en4 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66
After doing the command there are no errors, but the MAC stays ...
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OpenVPN on iOS can't connect
I have an account on an OpenVPN server and I can confirm that it is working, because i can connect to it from a win7 machine. But when i try to connect to it from the iOS OpenVPN app, it gets stuck in ...
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Cannot connect to specific website since OSX Mountain Lion install
I just installed Mountain Lion and everything is working pretty well except I can't connect to adobe.com. I can not connect on any of the browsers (firefox, chrome, safari). i can access the website ...
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How to find specific IP address within LAN?
With the setup I used to have I was able to control the home-domotica system via the wireless network of the time-capsule (app iPhone).
10.0.1.152
However today I had to move the time-capsule to ...
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Viber messenger not working on my Ad hoc wireless network
I have an iPhone 5 (iOS 6.1.1) and i installed Viber messenger (version 2.2.2.86 to be exact) which enables you to make phone calls over the internet. Now the messenger works perfectly when i use a ...
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DLNA via bridged interfaces - OS X
Setup is as follows:
Primary network is via en0 (192.168.1.0/24)
Secondary network is via en1 and contains a DLNA server (192.168.2.0/24). This is 'private' network containing only en1 and the DLNA ...
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How can I configure my Ethernet connection when booting from Recovery HD?
I'm trying to recover from a Time Machine drive sitting on the network at work. Our network doesn't use DHCP–it requires the Ethernet connection to be manually configured. I've looked at the Network ...
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Cannot Save/Edit to Mac Share Using Mountain Lion
The problem: Under Mountain Lion (10.8.3) I cannot create new files or save changes to a particular share, which is running Lion (10.7).
I can connect to the shared Mac on my local network (in a ...
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VPN and Wifi start with same 192.168.1.x
On my Macbook Pro I have recently added a VPN connection to the server at work. Now, my Wifi network at home uses the following IP block: 192.168.1.x as does the VPN from work.
So when my MBP tries ...
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How do I remotely wake my Mac over Wi-Fi?
I am running a server on my Mac mini at home (using the OS X Server app). I would like to access my home network using it's VPN server, but I understand that I can only do this while it's awake. I ...
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iPod no wireless networks problem
My daughter has an iPod Touch 4th generation I think it is with iOS 6. We have a problem with it whereby it doesn't show any wireless networks at all. Previously, it connected fine and would show ...
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How to monitor network traffic on a router from a Mac?
A company have a High Speed internet connection (30 MB/s) witch is enough for 10-15 computer. But for a week, there is almost no bandwidth "left" just taking the email take a long time or failed. ...
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Can I use TimeMachine only when on wired connection?
I have a server to which I am backing up a single MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, via TimeMachine.
I would like to only back up when the MacBook Pro has a wired connection to the network. The ...
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How to use VPN with OS X Server?
I have recently set up a server on my Mac mini with the OS X Mountain Lion Server app. I would like to have remote access (from outside of my home's wifi network) to the files and folders in my home ...
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get a notification when my machine is pinged
I'd like to be able to be notified in any way (sound, notification, growl, etc) when someone pings my machine.
Is that possible?
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Why does my Mac mini answers pings while asleep?
My Mac mini late 2012 behaves strangely:
When awake the computer answers ping correctly:
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=4.201 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 ...
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What happens when you have two connected network interfaces?
I have two connected network interfaces, ethernet and WLAN. How does OSX handle traffic in this situation? When outgoing messages are sent which interface are they sent from? If I use tools such as ...
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Devices keep appearing and disappearing in Network
Names of network computers, routers, etc, keep appearing and then disappearing in Finder->Network. Typically when I open it it will be empty, then things will show up after several seconds but then ...
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Copying file from Windows PC keeps failing
I've set up sharing of my MacBook on my home network. It doesn't show as visible but I can access it at \jdxmacbook from the Windows PC.
However when I try to copy a file, it starts OK but after ...
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Time Capsule multiple IP addresses
I have two 2TB Time Capsules attached to a network through a Netgear router. Each Time Capsule is connected via Ethernet with the WiFi set to "off".
Each Time Capsule is assigned a unique static IP ...
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“Airplane Mode” in OS X. Alternative command for `rfkill`?
This question is an exact duplicate of this post from
superuser.exchange.com. I believe this is a valid question for both of sites
and hope I am not (if any) violating stackexchange policies.
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SSH request timeout every time
I am trying to access a storage space we have at work via ssh but I get a timeout every single time (Mac OS 10.7.5 - Terminal).
I checked firewalls, settings, even turned off Little Snitch, and port ...
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How to troubleshoot Network Connect issues?
I have to use Juniper's Network Connect to use my company's VPN. I haven't changed anything on my system in the past few days, but suddenly Network Connect fails to connect to the VPN with the ...
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How to activate iphone 3GS after update to ios 6
I have problem activating my iPhone 3 gs after updating i OS 4.1 to i OS 6. I've tried activated it using iTunes and the activation always failed. I've been trying it several times but still it ...
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Why do certain packages fail in NetInstall?
We are using NetInstall to image Macs at work. I build the NetInstall images with System Image Utility, and customize them with the "Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts" workflow item. NetInstall ...
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Networking dead after a disk/permissions repair
After a strange string of events, I'm left with broken networking on my iMac (21" i3, 10.6).
It started on Fri. when a co-worker could not get jobs from this iMac, they were saying he didn't have ...
