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An IP address is a numerical address given to any device connected to a network.

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Can't transport Ubuntu to another machine - fails dhcp connection

I have an application running under Ubuntu 18.04 server which I've always been able to clone and move to another machine. When I create a 20.04 drive, I can move it to another machine with the same ...
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Get up address of all devices connected to a Netgear switch

I have a Netgear switch that has 8 Ethernet ports. I connected 4 devices to that switch and then I connected the switch to my Ubuntu 22.04 PC using Ethernet cables. Now, I see only the IP address of ...
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Netplan AP bridge not applying any IP addresses to any interface

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server as a wireless access point but having some difficulty getting it all to work. I'm using the following netplan config: network: version: 2 renderer: ...
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Assigning IP addresses to eth0

I'm totally new to both linux and pentesting. I'm following the HTB academy, but I'm stuck on assigning IP addresses to eth0 (enp1s0 on my machine). I started with sudo ifconfig enp1s0 up, then assign ...
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how to reorder output of "ip address"?

I'd like to know if it's possible to reorder the sequence of interfaces in the output of the cli command: ip address Where is it defined in which order the interfaces are listed? I have 13 interfaces ...
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(Ubuntu 22.04 Server) I need help

I'll try to be as simple as i possibly can. I'm in quite a pickle. See, i'm currently a student of a DevOps course. Too bad, our professor gives little to no theory knowledge. Honestly, it is kind to ...
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Trace IP address for a Tox user throw a bootstarp

I Try to get the IP of a Tox-friend. I used wireshark, to figure out wich DHT bootstap is used to connect us (from this list https://nodes.tox.chat/). I analyze packets from and to the DHT and i didn'...
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is it possible to list LAN names when DNS is managed by ext router?

I wish to know the computer name associated with a known ip-address. The DNS is managed by my router (WIND3 webcube) and I can see the resolved name using the browser (http://192.168.1.1) Nevertheless,...
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L2TP VPN connection does not use manually set IP address

EDIT (2022/01/03): As per Douglas Kosovic's answer, updating to version 1.20.08 does indeed fix this issue. For completeness, I manually added the repository for good measure beforehand. sudo add-apt-...
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Auto assign link-local IP address if DHCP not present?

In Ubuntu 22.04 network settings I have the option to manually choose to use a link-local address (which will be configured automatically if I do). I'm looking for the equivalent of the link-local ...
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How to Set mac address as host name and hosts 127.0.1.1

I'm using Ubuntu for my OS and I'm struggling to set my host name and hosts to a mac address automatically any help on this would be great. NAME=$GATEWAY_MAC| sed s/://g hostnamectl set-hostname $NAME ...
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Access WSL2 Ubuntu's application on hosted machine's network

I'm running a app in WSL2 whose distribution is Ubuntu 20.04. I can access the application in windows browser with Ubuntu's IP. Now, I want to access this application on my network ( I mean in my ...
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Changing the IP address in a VM and pinging it from another VM?

I have 2 machines in a VM, I want to change the IP address in one machine and ping it with the other. I changed the IP address through wired connections in settings for both the machine (10.0.2.20 and ...
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How do I show all ipv4 and ipv6 addresses by using grep

I'm trying to grep inet addr and inet 6 addr from ifconfig. I can grep inet addr or inet6 addr alone only. How can I show both IPV4 and IPV6 addresses in one command?
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Why do I have 2 network addresses for one interface?

I logged onto my home server through SSH today and noticed that I now had 2 local addresses for the same Ethernet interface, enp5s0: IPv4 address for docker0: 172.17.0.1 IPv4 address for enp5s0: 192....
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How to give a name to a specific interface in a local network? (Ubuntu 20.04)

I am currently trying to set up (as a total noob) a small home server running Ubuntu 20.04. The server is a Minisforum mini PC (U820 model) with two Ethernet ports. The first port is connected to my ...
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How to set ip address correctly?

I apologize in advance if my english is bad i want to ask how to set the ip address, i have written this command, and then saved ctrl + x > Y > enter but the result doesn't match I've been ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.2....Bonded NICs as TRUNK interface...assign IP from a specific VLAN to the bonded NICs?

I am attempting to setup BONDED NICs (2x 10G). We have 6 total NICs, 4x 1G and 2x 10G, do not plan to use the 1G connections at this time. Looks like I have the NICs bonded (no errors in networkctl ...
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Kubuntu accepts conflicting IP address from DHCP server

I connect my kubuntu to a network in a dhcp scope where some hosts has manual IP addresses. DHCP offers IP to my client which is conflicting with one of manually configured hosts, kubuntu accepts this ...
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Bad internet access after defining fix ethernet IP-address

I have assigned a fix IP address to my ethernet connection for some project. Since then, my Wifi is extremely slow and sometimes I can't even access webpages. As I'm not specialist into this, so I ...
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Static IP address option on first time run of Ubuntu - Who do I ask?

I've installed many versions on Linux and the latest is Ubuntu on a Raspberry PI. Is there any way that static IP settings can be an option when you install the OS for the first time? Not having this ...
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Local addresses not resolved when TP-Link router used

Upgraded from DSL to Cable internet. Previously a 2Wire modem/router was used. Now a Netgear CM500 is the modem and a TP-Link Archer A7 is the router. Machines on the LAN cannot see one another. ...
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Command for determining my public IP? (old question)

Command for determining my public IP? According to "Michael K" who answered the question my computer won't know the public Ipv4 address but it somehow knows the public ipv6 address. Why is ...
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Where does dhcpclient store address

I have recently had to replace my motherboard (don't ask, if you don't want to see a grow-up cry ;-) ) New motherboard -> new ethernet -> new MAC address -> new IP address via DHCP. As I had ...
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Can the newest IPAD-pro run Ubuntu as a VM under an app such as VMware?

We just got a new IPAD-Pro and would like to run Ubuntu on it. Previous posts have very much negated this possibility, however the newest IPAD seems to have all of the speed needed; BTW, there is a ...
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Direct remote access (ssh) with Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu server 20.04.1

I have problems determining the IP address of my Raspberry Pi for LAN-access between the Pi and my laptop. Equipment: Laptop (Ubuntu desktop 20.04.1 LTS) Raspberry Pi 4 8GB (Ubuntu server 20.04.1 LTS)...
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Multiple public IP's assignment on same server Ubuntu 18.04

Is it possible to assign multiple public IP's to a single ubuntu server? Below is my requirement and need your valuable inputs. My application is a platform where my clients connect to and they have ...
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How to Understand Static IP setting

I am using Beaglebone Black and I want to assign it a static IP address. I have gone through this tutorial and I know how to assign static IP. But question is, what is meant by these parameters; iface ...
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Configuring Internet Access on Ubuntu v18.04

All, To enable static IP, I had to update /etc/network/interfaces file and make the necessary changes in my Ubuntu v18.04 VM for the eth0 vitual ethernet card. I added the static IP of 192.168.56.101 ...
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What is the difference between hostname -i and ip addr linux command

I wasted almost an entire day figuring out why my newly created vm hasn't been allocated an ip address. I was using the command hostname -i which returned 127.0.1.1, however, after using ip addr I ...
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Internet only connects to certain websites (Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter)

I didn't change anything before this problem happened. I try to go to any other websites besides the ones listed in the title and it tells me the site's IP address could not be found. I tried looking ...
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weird DNS resolution problem

I am running Ubuntu 18.04, all updates. I encounter a consistent DNS resolution problem with exactly ONE web address, namely that of my university. It occurs when the following conditions are met: [...
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how to find a valid Private ip address of the machine out of all the interfaces?

My main objective is to find out the valid interface's private IP address in Linux machine. e.g. I have 7 interfaces and out of 7 I have two interfaces docker0 with IP address of 172.12.2.1 and eth0 ...
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Remote desktop conection from Ubuntu 18.04 to Windows 8

I am trying to establish a connection from my Ubuntu 18 to a client's machine via Internet (for support purposes). My problem is how to specify the remote machine using IP address since they share one ...
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Only allow access to nginx server when using the full domain name and not the IP

I have an nginx server serving http://example.com which resolves to the IP 1.2.3.4. At the moment, users can connect either by going to http://example.com or by visiting http://1.2.3.4. I only want ...
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traceroute is not installing on ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I tried to use traceroute for my networking project. But whenever I tried to install traceroute it shows that Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Ubuntu Server 16.04 ismissing enp3s0 section in ifconfig

This morning our server encountered an error. The IP Add was changed to dhcp, and I tried to set it as a static IP, the one we reserved for the server to be accessible by the local network. After ...
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Connect Linux Ubuntu to network via Ethernet

I have a laptop with Linux Ubuntu 16.04 on it and I would like to have an Ethernet connection in order to access Internet. The problem is - in 95% of tries to connect via Ethernet, laptop takes VERY ...
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no IP address for certain MAC

Please assist- I have a wifi radio that will not obtain an IP via DHCP. Basically, a DISCOVER packet is sent to the DHCP server, the DHCP server receives the packet, then responds with an OFFER but ...
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What is the most authoritative file/process for managing IP addresses on an 18.04 server?

The 18.04 server installation process creates /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/50-curtin-networking.cfg, which, in turn, seems to generate /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml. I can't seem to find exactly how 50-...
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Cannot WOL dual-booted PC - Firewall?

I cannot figure this out; I swear I am doing everything correctly: In BIOS: Wake from Onboard LAN -> Enabled In windows: I have enabled every capable NIC to Wake on LAN (Magic Packet) I have ...
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List all wifi devices on VPN network

I have an OpenVPN server on my Rasberry Pi that I have working successfully. Granted, I don't know a whole lot about networking, but, when I connect, I expect to see all devices (ethernet or wifi) ...
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Ubuntu Core wifi configuration issue

My static IP address settings are being wiped out each time I reboot my Raspberry Pi. I just installed Ubuntu Core on a Raspberry Pi 3 but I have struggled to establish a wifi static IP address. The ...
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Defining Static IP addresses for Multiple NIC adapters

Just would like to understand how you define static IP addresses for Ubuntu 17.10 server with multiple NIC adapters (i.e.eth0 and eth1) using the /etc/netplan directory. (basically a continuance from ...
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ifup returns an unknown interface error

I'm still learning Linux and I'm less familiar with Ubuntu. I have a Ubuntu image that I'm using in VirtualBox on a windows machine. It was able to connect and get an IP address up until about a week ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Multiple Network Adapters, Same Network

I need to configure a gateway PC working with Ubuntu 16.04 so that multiple LAN adapters (eth0,eht1,wlan0) communicate within one same network addressing scheme. How can such a configuration be made ...
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inet addr missing after ifconfig

I am making a cloud server and am following this video tutorial. Everything went FUBAR when I used the ifconfig command in the terminal and did not receive the IP of my server. I have also tried ...
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Could I use port 8080 - 8100 (if they aren't in use)? Are open ports fair game?

I am building a reverse traffic server. I have an external static ip address for a server that hosts multiple VM's what I am wanting to do is call that ip address (or domain name) and add a port to ...
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How to find the IP address for a device on a network

I am trying to get an IP camera connected to my Ubuntu Linux (16.04) machine. At work I am responsible for a camera network of more than 60 cameras, however there I use some window tools to determine ...
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How can I add an IP adress to a network interface on Ubuntu Server?

I'm currently using Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 in Virtualbox and I'm trying to set up a web server. It seems like my server or rather the network interface "enp0s3" doesn't have an IP address or an "inet ...
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