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Ping works in one direction only [closed]
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: Ping works in one direction
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Not off-topic as per your own list of requirements for posts
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: Upgrade options for Cisco 6500 series
I have read your guidelines and no where in those guidelines does it say it has to be FOR an ...
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Please reopen "How are multicast addresses typically managed?"
How are multicast group addresses typically managed?
I've tried to make this question as clear as possible. And I don't believe it is off topic.
It is asking how multicast group addresses are assigned ...
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Why was my answer deleted by a moderator?
Today, I thought to have found an answer to a question asked by myself.
(IPv6 subnets without delegated prefix)
Unfortunately, it was deleted by a moderator and no one can see that answer (nor can ...
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Why not use images of configurations/logs/etc. when posting?
New Network Engineering users often use screenshots (images) for configurations, logs, etc.
Why is using such images a problem?
Isn't that why we have the option to upload images?
What to do to show ...
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How a question about routing configuration is off-topic here?
I asked this question:
How to filter unused routes in MikroTik routers?
But this question marked as off-topic I wonder how a question about routing and configuring routers at an enterprise-level is ...
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Network layer protocol research questions off-topic?
The help page states that questions on
design or theory of protocols used to operate a network (e.g. IP, TCP,
routing protocols, STP, etc);
however when I tried to ask about how to analyze and ...
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Programming has a home in Enterprise Networking
This stack exchange is not true to the nature of the next generation of network engineers. There are new questions in enterprise networking with regards to automation, orchestration, buzzword and we ...
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My question is not "off-topic"
Here is my question: Fiber attachment mess in LAB
Mainly, I was wondering whether it is possible to reduce cabling complexity in a LAB or not. And what professionals do about this? No specific vendor ...
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Don't understand why this was closed
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: RJ9 Pinout for LAN
The reason states that " NE is a site for to ask and provide answers about professionally managed networks ...
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Is there a comprehensive list of shortcuts/macros?
In comments, we can use shortcuts like [help], [su], [sf]. Is there a list of those? Can we expand them?
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Disagree with closed question
I have asked question and it was closed because it mentions iPhone and it is commodity hardware. But it also relates to how mobile operator interprets traffic from iPhone HotSpot and it also relates ...
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Why was my question closed then deleted?
This question was deleted by Ron Maupin but I disagree that this wasn't a business related question. I was tasked by our customer to resolve an issue where they were unable to access a remote server ...
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A user can't access this per-site meta due to an issue with their account; their migrated post wasn't attached despite them having an account here
(I'm coming here from Meta Stack Exchange. I'm here because one of your users attempted to ask about one of their problems over on that site, where it was first marked off-topic as a site-specific ...
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Is this question off-topic?
I wonder if a network, for example internet, will take more or less energy if more compression is enabled. More compression would take more CPU and thus more energy but on the other hand it would be ...
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Question about VPNs between multiple doctor's surgeries closed as off-topic
I asked a question about networking - using IP masquerading or something to essentially expose a file server to multiple workers in a pair of doctor's surgeries. As is common in some parts of the ...
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Points awarded for a user being removed?
I have no idea what this is in relation to or why I got points for it. Any way to find out who this user is that got removed and why I got points for it?
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I disagree with my question being put on hold for being off-topic
I don't see how my question is off-topic:
Symmetric NAT traversal in 4G LTE networks
I get that I made some murky statement, especially something like "forcing the ISPs to abandon IPv4 in favour of ...
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Can we make the 'fiberchannel' tag a synonym of 'fibrechannel' (corrected spelling)?
The SAN technology's name is Fibre Channel. My tag reputation doesn't allow me to fix that misspelled tag.
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Assign a new public and static IP to a router behind my main router (on hold) - edited
@Ronmaupin @Zac67 Hi Gentleman, could you please check my post "Assign a new public and static IP to a router behind my main route" it's on hold, I edit the post to comply the rules of the group. I ...
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Best direction forward for "On Hold" question
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: Thousands of Random MAC Addresses in Wireshark WLAN packet capture (single channel)
I had flagged for moderator action to move the ...
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Why was my question to reopen another question deleted from Meta
Within the last month, I asked a question about reopening this question.
I stand in utter amazement that somehow my valid Meta question disappeared.
I ask:
Why was my meta question deleted?
Who did ...
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unupvote without any change in question?
This is my question, yesterday I realized it is unupvote and I understand you can not downvote or unupvote a Q or A unless it has been edited.
look at my question and see last time was edited and ...
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Please reopen question about physical travel affecting wifi connectivity
A new user posted a question about speed of travel affecting wifi, which was closed as Too Broad.
It seems a perfectly reasonable network theory question with pretty straightforward answers about ...
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New to Stack Exchange, suggestions where to move question?
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: Why are phone calls into company numbers so groggy and distorted?
This questions got marked as off-topic. Any suggestions where to ...
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Can I ask networking vender's product information there?
I have a question about bellow list:
Juniper vSRX NG 17.3, 18.X
Juniper vMX 14.1.4R8
Juniper vMX 16.1R3.10, 17.X, 18.X VCP (control plane node)
Juniper vMX 16.1R3.10, 17.X, 18.X VFP (forwarding plane ...
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Can I ask Virtual Network related post on Network Engineering site? [duplicate]
I created an post The Virtual Network in the Super User Site.
It's content mainly is the Virtual Machine can not connect to the Internet.
Because this is Virtual Network related, so I want to know ...
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network-restart-command-doesn't-work-in-root-but-works-in-home-directory
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: Network restart command doesn't work in root but works in home directory
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Why is my question about auto-configuring an enterprise router off topic?
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: dnsmasq not responding to Cisco tftp broadcast requests (tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg)
I'm trying to query the knowledge of ...
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Why is this question on hold?
This question got put on hold, but it seems to fall perfectly within the boundaries of what the forum is for. Thoughts?
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What is the scope of Network Engineering community?
I keep seeing sometimes the question being marked as 'off topic' and don't get a clear reason why it is marked so.
I would like to understand what is the scope of Network Engineering community. Where ...
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Does Network Engineering have a question timeline or history of all events occurred?
Reason behind question is similar to:
Is there a way to see the history of changes made to a question or an answer?
The following page only mentions this kind of feature for SO, SF, and SU:
Feedback ...
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My Question about DHCP over VPNs was put on hold for being off topic, but it's on topic
How are VPN Clients given IP addresses when they connect to VPN Routers such as VyOS? (How do Virtual IP Address Pools fit in?)
It's about theory of protocols used to operate a network
Can we agree ...
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Reset "review queue"
I recently acquired the "review queue" privilege and looked at a queue (new user posts). Just wanting to view without changing, I pressed "skip" for them all. Is there a way to put them back in the ...
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Migration request
Some time ago, I asked How can one redirect to a new host all traffic destined for an old host? on ServerFault. Alas, I never received a satisfactory response.
With hindsight, I’m not too sure why I ...
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I can offer bounty to get right answer to my question
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: How to make wireless router to connect to 2 P2P WiFi cameras in client mode at the same time
I really need your help to get the ...
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Off topic: How can I measure the exact time differences (offsets) between two machine?
My question is following:
How can I measure the exact time differences (offsets) between two machine?
How can the time differences between two Linux machine be measured accurately? I heard that '...
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Analog multiplexing in telephony
I have been told to come here to dispute questions that are put on hold.
I asked a question earlier today about PBX CO connections and if there were standards that were basically the analog ...
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Tag creation request (NFV)
Can someone with a high enough reputation score please create the NFV tag? We have an SDN tag but no NFV tag.
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Tag creation request
If this is not the best place to answer this question, please advise where would be.
Can someone with a high enough reputation score please create the ipsec tag? I was browsing tags and adding the ...
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In which site of StackExchange should I ask questions about computer networks?
I'm dealing with some basic network configuration problems while using cisco's packet tracer software to improve my knowledge about networking, and I can't figure out where to get the answer for them. ...
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Questions about Protocol
Can I ask questions about SIP and H.323 here? Questions about standard SIP and H.323, not specific to any vendor.
Please suggest me relevant community for such questions.
Thanks.
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Please help get a hold lifted from a question
I made the mistake of using the word "resident" in my original question, and not being clear enough of my role in the project/situation. The topic has been placed on HOLD, and I am trying to get the ...
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How to flag as off-topic and refer to another SE site
When I flag a question as off-topic, and select This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network, I'm presented with a "list" of SE sites to choose from, but the only item in the ...
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what is up with this "modified 2 hours ago by Community" questions in the "active" list
When I check the "active" questions, there are often questions included that are considered "active" because there were "modified N hours ago" and the modifying user is "Community".
If open the ...
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where to ask about switch servers OS?
I have a question about my Network Engineering Stack Exchange post: why some switch OS are solaries?
where i can ask my question?
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What should I do with this question?
I posted this question
and was informed that it is off topic. I don't think I have the reputation I need to move a question. What should I do?
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Has the community changed its mind about consumer-grade hardware?
The OP of this question, Secure connect & access across 2 separate LAN Subnets using PFSense/ Sophos?, insists that the Tomato and DD-WRT router/switch/firewall/Wi-Fi devices should be on-topic.
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Answer old question with additional information and updated statements
I saw an old question by chance [link] which was (in my opinion partially) right at the time, but since then there are more facts. Is it accepted to post
1. more information on the original statement ...
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Ad for Network Engineering is broken in the sidebar of another Stack
I spotted what looks like a broken ad for Network Engineering in the sidebar of Science-Fiction and Fantasy:
If I inspect the underlying HTML, this is what I find:
<div id="SE20-ad-container" ...
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