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chrome remote desktop appears offline even when the computer has internet

I have two computers one with Windows 11 and another with Ubuntu 20.04. I need to access the Ubuntu computer from the Windows 11 and I need help doing it. I installed Chrome remote desktop on the ...
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Extend existing wifi using unix pc access point (with same SSID)

Context I have a PC running Ubuntu Server and connected to my internet provider’s router using an ethernet connection (and that has a static IP set up in the router's portal). The internet provider’s ...
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multiple shared coonections via VPN and Debian server

Please bear my ignorance, I'm learning a lot about networking and debian. I want to use my Debian server (with multiple lan dongles) to share my vpn (nordvpn) connection to multiple clients in my home ...
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IP Masquerading during installation of Arch Linux

I am trying to install Arch Linux on a device that is connected to the Internet via WiFi only. The WiFi adapter is not listed in iwd (device list), while the WiFi adapter works in MX Linux live stick. ...
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Load/Connect automatically to the Linux server session using Mputty

Looking for a help on Loading the putty sessions through Mputty. I can login to my app servers(Linux) only through Jumphost. After login to jumphost i need to perform the ssh to connect my App servers....
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cannot enable system sharing on ubuntu 18

Enter system settings > sharing On/Off button is present but does nothing. Leaving sharing, then returning and button is back to off position. I really dont know if folder sharing is realated, but ...
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Is there a way to have an opportunistically shared SSH connection without blocking the local TTY session?

In my ~/.ssh/config, I have the ControlMaster auto setting enabled. It works pretty well for me, but there is one behaviour that irritates me that I’d like to eliminate. Let’s say I have two terminal ...
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Rerouting and forwarding traffic from VPN to WiFi

I'm new to Linux. I have set an OpenVPN server on one of my Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspbian system (PiVPN script). Then I set client OpenVPN on my other Raspberry Pi 4 (the first one server is at my ...
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connmanctl on a Debian 'pocketbeagle'

I'm trying to configure my new "pocketbeagle" to share a network connection with my Ubuntu (20.04) laptop. PocketBeagle runs a version of Debian: 10.3/2020-04-06 (REF). "pocketbeagle&...
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Sharing WiFi to a Copper Ethernet port Linux Mint 19.3 not working

Environment Seeing as Linux Mint uses the same networking stack and manager that Ubuntu does, I felt it most appropriate to receive a response in this forum. Here's my setup: Lenovo Thinkpad with ...
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Linux USB tethering (from Linux to Android)

In most cases people would like to tether internet connection from an Android device to Linux, but I need to tether connection from Linux to Android. I have car head unit running Android 8.1 LTE USB ...
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How to share internet from 1st interface to devices connected to 2nd interface?

How can I set up networking such that devices in a local network connected to the second ethernet interface could use the internet available on the first ethernet interface? Using iproute2 I have ...
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Automatically reconnect OpenWRT to wifi

I have a wifi router set as repeater (GL-AR300M-Lite) for my smartphone hotspot. The hotspot settings (SSID + WPA password) are saved in by the router, however it does not connect automatically to it. ...
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How to determine gateway address in a shared connection?

Suppose you have two computers, A and B, both running Ubuntu 16.04. Then you connect them with an ethernet cable and share the connection from A to B, using network manager with the option "Shared ...
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Masquerade rule with netfilter-persistent

I use netfilter-persistent to manage a firewall. I would like to share a connection between two interfaces using masquerading (example, or another). When I run those operations by invoking iptables ...
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Share ppp connection on Debian Stretch

I have internet on my Debian Stretch via ppp broadband usb modem. It works via Network Manager. There is no connection sharing option in Network Manager for ppp. It is only for ethernet. How to ...
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Share a VPN connection over WiFi

I've got two computers connected to the same router 10.9.8.1: Computer A 10.9.8.2 runs Windows 10 Insider Preview. Insider Preview has VPN broken and can't be rolled back. :( Computer B 10.9.8.3 runs ...
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Redirect non-https tcp streams on 443 in apache to another application

I cannot find any Apache mod that allows something like IIS on Windows allows - You can run an SSTP VPN server on port 443 and a HTTPS server on port 443 too at the same time, bound to the same ...
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trouble setting proper forwarding rules in `iptables` with custom ip address for network sharing

I am having issues setting up a bridge for my raspberry pi. My setup is: I have a laptop running fedora 27 workstation which is connected to the internet over wifi. I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W ...
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How to sharing Android VPN with Linux?

I have a rooted galaxy note5 with Android 7, and an Asus laptop with Ubuntu 16.04. I like to share my phone VPN connection with my laptop. I tried some apps like VPNTether,DF tethering fix, TetherNet, ...
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How can I share Internet Connection among two Linux computers using firewire running Ubuntu 14.04?

I have two computers (let say "A" and "B") that are already pinging and sshing each other via firewire, both with static ip. Computer A is connected to the Internet and I want it to share its internet ...
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wlan0 No such device found

I m new to linux. I changed my wifi password and was trying to reconnect to it but I failed when I type ifconfig wlan0 I get error message. something like no such device found
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Share openvpn connection on the interface connected to internet

I have Linux VM in my local network, with OpenVPN perfectly working on it. Let's say my main gateway (router, actually) is 192.168.1.1, VM ip is 192.168.1.15. That's my VM network settings on the ...
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My Wi-Fi doesn't work with ANY Linux

My router broke down(ordered another but it will take weeks to arrive) so I had to setup an old netbook to do the job temporarily. It's running Windows 10's(I couldn't get hotspots working on Linux) ...
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TTy Port Sharing - Access the same port by two different process simultaneously.Port Sharing - Raspberry

I need read the Port /dev/ttyACM0 by two different process simultaneously. Its possible Share this port as a way to processes access this port, or split in two another ports? Something like this : ...
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"Screen sharing" on the command line?

If I am logged in to a remote server, and someone else is logged in to the same server, isn't there some way via the command line to let them "look over my shoulder"? Of course I could copy and paste ...
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bridge or route wlan traffic to eth

Have been trying to make a laptop share its wireless connection via ethernet to other devices, but am getting nowhere. First tried bridging, but soon found out bridging wireless interfaces is not that ...
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Can I connect a Ubuntu Linux laptop to a Windows 10 laptop via ethernet cable

I have seen people connect two computers with an Ethernet cable, but the instructions I've seen were for Windows to Windows or Mac to Mac or Windows to Mac. I never came across any for connecting ...
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Telnetting the local port working but trying with ip not working

My question is similar but opposite to to Telnetting the Local port not working but trying the ip working For me, telnet to the local port works but trying with IP does not work :( I am running ...
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Open the SSH Door to a Knocking Friend

I am logged into my Debian machine. I want my friend to get in via SSH. He comes to authenticate as the user friend. My machine asks him for a password. He does not know the password. I want to ...
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Letting a device access the Internet through an Ethernet port via a laptop [duplicate]

I have Internet access to my laptop, over Wi-Fi. I have connected a device with an Ethernet port (with an Ethernet cable from my laptop to the device), and set up a local area network between the two, ...
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Internet sharing disappears when either eth0 or wlan0 gets disconnected

I just got a RasPi B+ and I'm looking to replace the Windows PC that's doing the routing job. What I'm trying to do with the Pi is making it share the connection (wlan0) with another wifi router (via ...
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use only one wireless card to connect to wifi network and share internet through wifi at same time

Is it possible to use only one wireless card to connect to other wifi network to access internet and share the internet to other devices via same wireless card at same time ? No! I didn't mean ...
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Visitors cannot reach my local Apache server

I have a machine running the client of noip to provide dynamic DNS. This machine is in a network where I put its ip on the DMZ because I want visitors acessing its services. I am succesfull on ...
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Debian Wheezy subnet configuration (proxy, MASQUARADing etc.)

I have a "server" with eth1 having a full IP address, DNS, gateway and proxy name connected to the university internet/intranet provider and eth0 IP 192.168.1.2 connected by a gigabit switch with two ...
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Internet sharing with iptables: choosing which connection to share

I have a computer with two network devices (eth0 and wlan0), both connected to the internet (two different connections/isp). I'm trying to share the connection of wlan0 to another computer connected ...
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Share (masquerade) Internet connection from Debian desktop to a bunch of computers

I need to share the Internet connection of my Debian desktop to some other devices (a Mac Laptop, and an Android tablet). The Debian desktop is connected to the local network via eth0, and the rest ...
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Why not simply use %h in OpenSSH ssh's ControlPath option?

Why do the "ssh_config(5)" manpages recommend that the ControlPath option should contain at least the %h, %p and %r placeholders in order to uniquely identify each shared connection? I thought that ...
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Can not mount NFS from server on local network

I set up my NFS server without doing any bigger changes in configuration files. After that I added these entries to /etc/exports(both paths are valid) on server(192.168.1.11): /export 192.168....
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Share Internet Connection from computer to new router

On my linux computer I have an external wlan adapter which is connected wirelessly to internet (an access point). Now I want to connect my linux computer via ethernet cable to a new ddwrt router. This ...
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share vpn conneciton using router

I want to share my VPN connection with other devices. I just got a D-Link router, and I'm a little bit lost about how to deal with it. I connect to internet using the VPN of my university (PPTP). The ...
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How do I share internet with Windows from my Linux box?

I have a Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) PC connected to the internet with a Greenpacket WiMax USB modem. I want to share the Internet connection with another computer running Windows 7 Home Premium, connected ...
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Wireless connection connecting and disconnecting all the time

I am running Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop and I use a 3G USB modem for my Internet connection. I wanted to share this Internet connection with my girlfriend's laptop that is running Window XP. Basically,...
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NAT (Internet connection sharing) switching between multiple public interfaces

My Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) laptop has three network interfaces: eth0: wired interface sometimes connected to the Internet wlan0: wireless interface sometimes connected to the Internet vboxnet0: wired ...
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Slow Internet Speeds with Backtrack5 R2 in VMware Workstation

I have been trying to get Backtrack5 to run smoothly on my new laptop and have run into a few issues. I have installed a version of Backtrack5 onto another laptop previously as the primary OS, and ...
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What live distro can automatically accept usb tethering from android phone?

I want to take my old notebook while travelling. I have to boot up only from usb or cd though. I want to connect to the internet using usb tethering from my android phone (HTC Desire + cyanogen mod 7....
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How to close (kill) ssh ControlMaster connections manually

With the following .ssh/config configuration: ControlMaster auto ControlPath /tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r ControlPersist 4h How to close the persisting connection before the 4 hours? I know you can make ...
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How to create an ad-hoc connection?

I need to make an adhoc connection on Archlinux (netbook used as a wifi repeater), I was using this tutorial to do it on Ubuntu : At the terminal install execute sudo apt-get install dnsmasq-base ...
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Is it possible to use Internet Connection Sharing with DHCP?

I know it is possible to share an internet connection with another pc using ip-forwarding and masquerade. Is it possible to set up the sharing computer as a DHCP server, so the settings (ip, gateway, ...
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Connect my laptop through desktop to internet

I'm currently at work and our wifi is down. I usually connect my desktop to the internet through eth0 and my laptop connects through wifi. I have an extra port on the back of the desktop (eth1) and ...
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