Questions about configuring, troubleshooting or using connections that one device uses to talk to another.
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Application to notify user of active VNC connection
I want something more visual than Apple’s very subtle binoculars in the top right status menu when there is an active incoming VNC connection to the machine.
Preferably just a floating window ...
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1answer
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Stop Finder/OSX From creating TemporaryItems and .apdisk on Network shares
I'm looking for some way to configure OSX to prevent it creating .apdisk files and .TemporaryItems folders on network shares.
These are created any time OSX accesses a shared folder on the network.
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1answer
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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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Finder stuck at “connecting to server” via afp/smb
I own a NAS (a D-Link DNS 320, to be more specific) which has two hard drives and multiple network shares. I can connect to these network shares using the AFP or the SMB protocol.
When I want to ...
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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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3answers
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Removing the automatic connection for 802.1X via terminal
So in the spirit of this question I was wondering if it is possible to disable automatic 802.1X connection via terminal as well.
Am I right to assume that this is a computer setting (meaning that if I ...
2
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1answer
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How do I keep track of the bandwidth usage through my Airport Extreme wireless router?
I have 3 Macs, 1 iPad, and 1 Apple TV (using HD Netflix, mostly).
I need to keep an eye on bandwidth usage. What is the best way to monitor the bandwidth usage (preferably per device) that passes ...
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2answers
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Finder becomes unresponsive when viewing network folders with large amounts of files (OSX 10.6.8)
When loading a folder which contains around 500 video files (each approximately 200mb-700mb in size), Finder becomes unresponsive and displays the beach-ball.
The folder in question is a networked ...
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3answers
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Windows 8 RP says no network adapter found under boot camp in the new Retina MBP. Can anyone help me get the driver for the network adapter?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6008/windows-8-on-the-retina-display-macbook-pro
"The problem is Apple doesn't provide a Boot Camp driver set for the Retina MacBook Pro yet. I had to use the Broadcom ...
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1answer
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IO6 on iPod Touch (4) no WIFI LAN, when there is no Internet?
I got a question of one of my customers:
They are experiencing problems when connecting a iPod to a WIFI LAN without Internet connection.
Basically, the iPOD connects, gets a IP from DHCP, but then ...
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0answers
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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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2answers
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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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2answers
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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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2answers
753 views
Is it possible to block the Wifi access for an individual application(Mac OS X 10.7)
I would like to disable the network connection for an individual applications in Mac OS X 10.7
Lets say an example, I don't want to provide the network access for photoshop application.
Is it ...
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3answers
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2010 MacBook Pro does not DHCP on a certain network (WiFi and Ethernet)
As the title suggests, My Mac will not receive an address via DHCP from a certain network. No matter if it's connected via WiFi or ethernet, it always fails. Even when I boot into Windows 7 there's no ...
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3answers
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Can the built-in OS X “Location” feature auto select locations based on wireless networks?
My home network is very secure, but my school's wireless network is open, which makes it vulnerable to wireless sniffing (e.g. with Firesheep). I just discovered the Location feature and I think it's ...
0
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3answers
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How does the iPad expose its host name over the network?
When I connect my iPad to the wifi network at work, I can ping it by name: ping my-ipad. Clearly the router is somehow exposing it via DNS, or something like that.
But when I connect my iPad to the ...
0
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1answer
198 views
VPN - split tunnel routing [duplicate]
I would like to use a VPN to access all sites external to our local intranet, but preserve local routing so that I can still access sites on the local intranet (e.g. in 10.0.0.0/8). I am using the Mac ...
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2answers
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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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0answers
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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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0answers
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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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1answer
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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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2answers
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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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4answers
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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 ...
2
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2answers
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Graphical Ping Plotter, similar to Perfgraph?
On Windows, I use a program called Perfgraph, which, among other things, showed a visual graph of ping latency to various hosts in my Task bar. Here's an example:
The ping metric is the graph on ...
4
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2answers
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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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0answers
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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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1answer
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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 ...
3
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2answers
289 views
How would I prepend 127.0.0.1 as a nameserver all the time
I do web development and I would like to have dnsmasq running and handing my local dns requests. However I work in a lot of different networking scenarios and I need to DHCP updating my networking ...
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0answers
705 views
Network share permissions problems in Mountain Lion
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I have experienced some weird problems with network share permissions. This network share is a Windows server which I login to like so: ...
2
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1answer
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Why is my iPad causing WiFi interference?
I have a 3rd gen 32GB iPad with a 3G/LTE connectivity (and the latest software) and let me be clear from the start - the WiFi is working perfectly fine for me and I've had no problems with it ...
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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 ...
0
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1answer
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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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2answers
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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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2answers
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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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1answer
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Can't add DHCP Reservation with Airport Utility
I just bought an AirPort extreme (bought December '12). I'm trying to assign a static IP for my printer.
With Airport Utility 6.2, under Network, I click on the plus sign under DHCP Reservations. All ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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HomeSync / Mobile - Settings & keychain missing
I've recently rolled out an Open Directory domain in our office. The domain has been set up so user profiles are synced with the server via HomeSync, so we could use FileVault2 to encrypt the ...
2
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1answer
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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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2answers
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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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3answers
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How do I decrease excessive network buffering over Wireless-N
I've got a mid-2009 Macbook Pro running Lion over 802.11n with an Airport Extreme and cable internet. I've been seeing drop-outs while using video chat (be it Facetime, Skype, Google Chat) and doing ...
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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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1answer
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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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2answers
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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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0answers
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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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6answers
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getting “out of memory” error when trying to load specific websites (am not out of RAM)
I'm having a problem where my computer (Macbook Pro, 8GB RAM, OS 10.8) will not to attempt to load certain websites. Nothing fixes it except for rebooting. This occurs when nothing else is obviously ...
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1answer
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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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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 ...
