Questions tagged [network]
Questions about configuring, troubleshooting or using connections that one device uses to talk to another.
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Why are some websites in Safari not going through iCloud Private Relay?
Ever since upgrading to iOS 17 I have gotten this warning on certain websites:
This Connection Is Not Private
iCloud Private Relay is unable to hide your IP address from this site.
By continuing to &...
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How to create computer-to-computer network on macOS Sonoma (2023+)
I've followed the instructions to Create a computer-to-computer network on Mac, setup a temporary, ad hoc Wi-Fi connection between your Mac and another device.
Unfortunately, enabling legacy networks ...
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How long can an (M1 or greater) iPad run without internet?
I asked a question here - mostly centered around coping with addiction.
But I have been reading various sources and I came to know that daily internet might be required on any modern computing device ...
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Is it feasible to use an iPad that supports Apple Pencil 2nd Generation without internet?
I need an iPad to manage the tons of note-taking and reading I have to do.
But I don't want any access to wireless internet to keep my bad videos addiction under control.
I asked a question here - got ...
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how do network interfaces get setup at startup on macos
Does anybody know how network interfaces get setup at startup? I see a lot of random interfaces, and would like to turn these off
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How can I tell if the Content Caching feature is working correctly?
I enabled this on a Mac Mini which I use as a server with attached storage.
It's shows that it's "working" and my iMac finds it "healthy" however none of the large updates we've ...
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Requiring system restart for internet to work every several days
Using my Macbook, I connect to the secure Wi-Fi at the hospital where I work, and the internet usually works beautifully. After several days of sleep-wake cycles, the internet gets slower. Eventually, ...
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Set local IP address for IKEv2 VPN connection using macOS built-in VPN client
I'm trying to connect to an IKEv2 VPN server using the macOS 13.5.2 Ventura built-in VPN client. I used Apple Configurator 2 to access all possible settings for the connection.
Unfortunately, I cannot ...
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Changing the 5GHz WiFi channel on MAC(Not the router) [duplicate]
I (may)have ruined my MAC's 5GHz WiFi Radio which causes the 5GHz network to disconnect after some time (3s-15s) now I'm wondering if I could change the WiFi channel on my mac to fix that issue....
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Dual-Boot MacBook Pro 2015 stuck loading into GNU GRUB version 2.04
a while ago I decided to dual boot Ubuntu onto my Macbook but recently decided to remove the partition. This has caused the Mac to only boot into GNU GRUB version 2.04.
While I know internet recovery ...
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Bizarre Sudden Slow-Down of Specific MacOS Processes
I purchased a 2020 M1 13" MacBook Pro in March 2021 and it's been like driving a racing car. I use it for everything, and I do a lot as I'm a post-graduate researcher in Electrical Engineering. ...
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Howto remove an imported Network Configuration profile from MacOS 10.15.7 without using GUI?
In order to get a useful DNS over TLS server configuration on MacOS, I imported a network profile. After having installed this network configuration file, I did not see any new entry in the Network ...
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How can I connect my old iPad 2 to WiFi?
The back of my iPad says A1395 16 GB, which means it's the iPad 2 (Wi-Fi) from 2011 according to Apple. It's running iOS 9.1 (13B143). "About" says Model FC979LL/A.
I can no longer connect ...
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Mac Studio and Macbook Pro keep losing connection to Synology NAS
I recently got a Mac Studio and also upgraded my old Synology box (10 year old DS413) to a DS1522+. We have used our Synology for Time Machine backups, and continue to do so, but are now seeing ...
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How do I prevent my iMac from blocking an incoming screen sharing connection?
I have a MBP (2016, running 12.6.8) and an iMac, (M1 2021, running 13.5.2). I can screen share (using the built in app) from the iMac to the MBP via local area connection and via a DDNS. However, when ...
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PTP/IP access to iPhone?
Is there a way (aka an app) to provide PTP/IP access to an iPhone?
Googling has only given me hits on accessing a PTP/IP camera from iOS, or turning an iDevice into an IP (security) cam.
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DNS issues when joining new wifi networks
Lately, I've been having a bit of a strange issue where my MacBook Air M2 cannot resolve DNS for a while after connecting to new wifi networks. Several other devices work fine on the same networks (...
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Mac firewall blocking incoming connections to app even though it's allowed
I have 2 executables, a server and client. The server just listens on port 44888 for UDP packets and displays them. The client sends UDP packets to an address and port.
I determined that the Mac ...
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How to check SMB config on a Mac regarding connection to a FileServer
We are using FileServer at our company but as an IT Member, I also have another account with admin privileges on the FileServer.
The admin account I am using to connect to the remote desktop to use ...
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Add a permanent static route on Ventura [duplicate]
I must add a static route on my machine running macOS 13.5 (Ventura).
Online, many tutorials explain how to do so (they all use the same procedure), but I can't make it work. Here is what I have done
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Unablet to mount OpenBSD NFS share from MacOS unless I disable firewall
I have an OpenBSD server with NFS shares that I can use without any problem from a Linux client. On MacOS, I had to specify the following options -o nolocks,resvport,vers=3 to get the mount command to ...
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Word for Mac on NFS share thinks documents are read only
I have a strange issue with am Unraid server running NFS shares.
Facts:
Running a fresh install of Word on a fresh Mac on a fresh Unraid server
Documents are on an NFS4 network share
The share and ...
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Ethernet USB adapter discard settings
I use Mac Mini Apple M1 2020 with macOS 13.4.1.
I have new 1Gbps internet provider and i tried to test speed. My result is only 100Mbps.
In my Mikrotik router:
name: ether1 ...
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40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 (TB4) connection between Mac and Linux
I want to connect a M1 Max Macbook Pro 16" 64gb ram (2021) with a GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Core i5 Intel + GIGABYTE GC-MAPLE RIDGE, PCIe 3.0 x4 card (Intel JHL8540 (Maple Ridge)). What is ...
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Is there a way to connect to hotspot automatically in mac if wifi is not working?
Is there a seamless way to connect to the hotspot network automatically in mac if the wifi network is not working?
I am doing it manually. Is there a way to do it automatically in a seamless fashion?
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Issues connecting to Samba share via netbios name
I was wondering if anybody have experienced anything similar to the following
I got a Linux server, creatively named "server". I run Samba on it, and for years, things have been smooth ...
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difficulties with file metadata (mode, modtime) on NAS under SMB
I just got a new NAS (Synology DS923+), and my Mac was able to see it and write data to it right away. The Mac is running Ventura 13.0.
I do most of my work from the command line in a Terminal window....
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Multiple utun[0-9] interfaces after using Migration Assistant to copy old macbook to new macbook
I ran migration assistant with the source being a macbook I've had for 10 years and probably installed more than a couple VPNs on to a new M1 running Monterey 12.6.8. Tunnelblick, Stanford VPN, ...
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Can I use NVidia Mellanox networking cards in the 2023 Apple Mac Pro (25G, 40G, 50G, 100G, 200G)?
I am wondering if the NVidia Mellanox 100G network cards can be used in the 2023 Mac Pro. In an older thread on the Nvidia forums titled "100g connectX 5 slow speed between Mac to Proxmox TrueNAS ...
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Is there a way to turn the hotspot on from Wifi to Wifi?
The situation is like this - I need to connect one Mac to the hotspot of another Mac.
Also has to be mentioned that the Mac that shares WiFi is connected through VPN, so the schema looks like this
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Cannot ssh into machine?
I have a Mac that for some reason I cannot manage to ssh into anymore. I'm completely stumped and am looking for ideas of what to try next (short of reinstalling the whole system). I've tried the ...
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Server on macOS only sometimes accessible from other devices on LAN
I've been trying to get an HTTP server running on my Mac that can receive connections from other devices in my local network. However, it seems this only works with some programs.
My setup is an HTTP ...
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Virgin Media wifi painfully slow on MacBook Pro but fast on all other devices
This post will (probably) only be relevant for UK users.
My internet is exceptionally slow (like so slow I don't even have the bandwidth to run a speed test) on my MacBook Pro, but fantastic in all ...
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How do I find the process running ICMP ping
I can see from Wireshark that my Mac is sending ICMP request to 1.1.1.1, but I don't know where it originates from (I am not running ping in my terminal)
How can I identify the source?
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Setting fix MTU for a specific destination
Basically I want to avoid the pmtu discovery for every new connection using high level network frameworks such as NSURLSession (used by nscurl) and set the mtu in advance. I'm using macOS Ventura and ...
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How can I change a network device's icon?
I know how to change icons in Finder by pasting them into the Get Info window.
But this doesn't work for Network devices.
For linux shares for example, this can be added to smb.service for avahi so ...
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How to properly trigger path mtu discovery
I've activate the pmtu attribute in my machine.
sysctl net.inet.tcp.path_mtu_discovery
net.inet.tcp.path_mtu_discovery: 1
then I've used /usr/bin/nscurl to send messages to a remote gateway with mtu=...
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Setting up gmail alias in iOS Mail
I have a school email: [email protected] with a [email protected]. In gmail.com -> Settings -> Accounts and Import. I have the first set up as an alias and I can send and receive email as ...
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What determines which network interface's local I.P. address is returned by local DNS?
I have a Mac mini that I'm using as a Homebridge server. It's connected with fixed Ethernet and also has an active WiFi connection.
The Mac mini has an assigned host name Jupiter (from 'Sharing' ...
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could not access the github.com when switch the dns server to 8.8.8.8
when I tried to switch the dns server to 8.8.8.8, I found sometimes could not access the github.com, the browser shows error:
This site can’t be reachedThe connection was reset.
Try:
Checking the ...
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l2ping equivalent on MacOS
Is there a utility like l2ping which can send packets to a known Bluetooth MAC address on MacOS?
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How to find the Bluetooth MAC address of a paired device? [duplicate]
Either iOS or MacOS solution please that works currently with the latest software — haven’t found any working solution online, but I know there must be a way.
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MacBook Pro won’t stay on Wi-Fi at home but is fine at work. Why?
My Wi-Fi connection randomly drops and comes back if I toggle off and on. It’s been going on for a month.
If I take it to work, it stays on that Wi-Fi network all day without dropping once. I’ve ...
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SMB Server on Ubuntu is transferring to and from my Mac really slowly
I have an iMac from mid-2011 with Ubuntu 23.04 on it, with an SMB server set up on it. When I connect to this server via my MacBook Pro (running macOS Monterey) in Finder, it's extremely slow to copy ...
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Being asked for password in Ventura on Network settings
I'm using Ventura 13.4.1 (c), on a number of Macs.
All MacBook Pro laptops, I change my network settings regularly for work (DNS, etc). For some reason on one of the Macs I get this popup each time I ...
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Which does macOS choose when it comes to wifi vs ethernet?
If I have both wifi on and am also connected via ethernet to my modem. Which is my system using? I am curious because I want the ability to SSH into other devices on my local network, but I also want ...
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Is there a single USB wifi adapter/dongle which works on Ventura?
I'm struggling to shop for USB-based Wireless hardware to work with macOS. I ordered and sent back 2 USB dongles because they were mislabeled as compatible but don't want to list them here.
The ...
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Macbook pro can connect to wifi but not internet, needs restart Macbook
I recently get a new MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 with macOS 13.4.1 and have encountered an issue with its internet connectivity. While at the office or home, the laptop connects to the WiFi without any ...
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Only one of three different USB-C LAN adapters work on network
I have three different physical USB-C Lan "dongles".
Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (USB Type-C) F2CU40 (White)
Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (USB Type-C) F2CU40 (Black)...
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Convert connection to a hidden Wi-Fi to the normal one on iPhone
There is a Wi-Fi network with hidden SSID saved in iPhone. The drawback of such networks is that each device will constantly broadcast its desire to connect to this network even if it is on the other ...
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