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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.

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How can i get a data set having only Audio and Video packets?

As you can see in the help center, questions for resources are explicitly off-topic here: Off-Topic If your question is about ... product or resource recommendations; ... then this is NOT the place …
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Does the community think that laws of physics work differently in enterprise and consumer-gr...

If you check the help center, physical infrastructure (e.g. standard color coding of cables, types of fiber, etc.) is explicitly on-topic here. That is, as long as it's in an environment identical …
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VPN or Zero Trust? Could you please assess my needs,

Your question was closed for being off topic - it's about host-based security and opinion-oriented. Why do you think that is wrong? You can challenge the closure here at Meta but you can't just repeat …
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Why make this stack exchange so intentionally useless?

Each community decides which topics they want to talk about - it's a majority decision and ranting won't likely change it. There are plenty of other SE sites, fitting ones even pointed out in your ori …
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Should the Network Engineering Stack relax its requirements?

While your input is appreciated, you need to point out which of the 'on' topics you'd like to have expanded and why. As with all SE sites, NE is driven by its community. If you can get a majority in t …
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How is having hosts / server / VM on a network off topic?

You have yourself ruled out the possibly on-topic network components as causes. What's left are the host and hypervisor configurations that are explicitly off topic here. To help you re-diagnose the n …
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What's the policy on DN42/CRXN?

Sorry, late answer, but our topics list pretty much says it all - most prominently operating, maintaining, purchasing or managing an enterprise / service provider network; So, if that overlay netw …
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*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US ***

Along with a few other Stack Exchange sites, Network Engineering went online ten years ago. So, happy birthday to all of us! Image credit: it depends networks Our community is growing on a somewhat s …
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Request for more information on closed question

Please see the help center for topics you can ask about here. Hosts and their hardware are not among them.
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Tag for Dell OS10 vs OS9

Hmm. Currently, we've got two questions mentioning OS9, and three explicitly about OS10. I'm afraid that doesn't really warrant tags. There are 86 questions tagged [dell], could these potentially all …
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Can I edit my question to be on topic or does it not belong here at all?

Since you're mostly seeking product recommendations, you could likely try on Hardware Recommendations.
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Issue with an abbreviation RDT that affects close reasons for questions

Hmm. Questions about L1-L4 protocol theory are legitimate, so ARQ questions are basically on topic, unless convoluted by overly academic or certification-oriented ideas. Since Kurose and Ross sometime …
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Not off-topic as per your own list of requirements for posts

Sorry, but operating, maintaining, purchasing or managing an enterprise / service provider network; clearly excludes home networks. product or resource recommendations; are also explicitly off top …
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Disagree with what is on/off topic here? Join the discussion! Community feedback needed

I'd like to see virtual host switches (VMware ESXi and MS Hyper-V) added to the 'on' topics. These switches share a lot of logic with their physical cousins - and need to interface with them - but do …
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