Questions tagged [private-ip]
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Best option for having ethernet (level2) switch simulated on typical ethernet level3 switch/router?
I have two Linux servers which are going to be connected to typical l3 switch/router.
They will both have assigned one public IP number per each ( let's say: pub.ip.n.1 and pub.ip.n.2) by IT.
Q1: What is best (simpliest) way of getting…

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Host Websites on Virtual IP VMs
I have Proxmox Virtulization server installed. But i have one real(Public) IP. Incoming request to Proxmox server must be bind Virtualized servers. Dnsmasq installed in Proxmox Virtualization Server. But, incoming request not MASQUERADE in dnsmasq.…
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how to disable public ip and make the external traffic flow through the private ip of the firewall
So, our requirement is to disable public ip of the node and then route the traffic through the private ip of the fortigate firewall.
NOTE:
eth1= public ip
eth0= private ip
so, I am following the below steps.
mv /etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network…

Ravi Teja RVN
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Proxmox VE - problems in setting private network
I have recently bought a test dedicated server from to test proxmox. The installation went smoothly; however, I get stuck in the network configurations.
My Use case-
I want to create 8 LXC containers and run our 6 microservices, Nginx and Mysql…

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Why would you use 192.168.0.0/16 over 10.0.0.0/8
Most home networks use 192.168.x.0/24. I wonder why this range even exists. You could as well use 10.x.x.0/24 or something like that. So why did they waste the entire 192.168 range for private networks when they could use the 10 range as well?
Why…

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Google API key IP-based restriction when using private instances and Cloud NAT in GCP
I'm using a private VM instance in GCP along with Cloud NAT to allow internet access for this instance. Recently I've been trying to access the Google Places API service via this instance, using an API key. The recommended approach is to restrict…

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Why does a domain resolve to private IP
While going through a domain in the format as mentioned below , I did host lookup using the host command and got a private ip address.
auth-ns.auth-ns.workspace.agate.example.com
host auth-ns.auth-ns.workspace.agate.example.com
Why does an agate…

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Private IPV4 address space usage statistics (Least Used)
I'm trying to avoid IP conflicts with wireguard VPN and would like to select the least used private IPV4 address block.
Are there any statistics published on usage of private IPV4 address space? Or perhaps some studies?

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Are there any risks passing inbound requests from the private network?
In FreeBSD example ipfilter setting, I can see that
requests from
192.168.0.0/16 are blocked (referening RFC1918)
This seems to impose a nuisance on some private network intercom, so I comment it out.
Then I want to allow, say, pings from the local…

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Whatsmydns shows internal ip for class c whereas for class b it doesnt
I have a VMWare infrastructure and inside that 2 environments named A and B. "A" has its DNS in the server "D" whereas B has its DNS within itself. The scenario is as given below:
A has domain associated like bdweb01.lp.rmplc.net and has its DNS in…

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SSH tunneling on Ubuntu (Private IP of one network to Private IP of another network)
Suppose I use a Ubuntu machine in a computer lab which has a private IP like 10.255.1.34. At my home I use Internet provided by a local ISP, so my home PC has a private IP like 172.16.203.105. I am just user in both places. Is it possible to connect…

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Do computers have IP address?
Everywhere I search some people say 'a computer has a permanent IP address' and some people say 'it doesn't but has only when it is connected to the internet through a router'.
So my understanding is that a computer, since it doesn't have any SIM…

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Public Domain Name to Intranet
let's say
1) I have a server running in a private intranet. It uses tomcat to serve a webapp at privateserverip:8080/appname
2) I have a myapp.local domain and when I enter it toplevel with http://myapp.local it serves the app from…

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Who assigns private IP addresses?
Suppose I have a router and a local network, can I freely assign my devices private IP addresses (as many as I want, up till there are no more private IP addresses left)? Who decides how many private IP addresses I can have?

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