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Questions tagged [connection-sharing]

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Mac OS X Lion Terminal SSH connection sharing error

I sometimes get this error when I try to ssh to a remote host: mux_client_request_session: read from master failed: Broken pipe I'm using Macbook Air OS X Lion with this in ~/.ssh/config: ControlMaster auto ControlPath…
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How to use a Windows PC to share multiple network connections?

I have a Windows PC (Win 7). It has a couple different network connections, including one that connects to a VPN, and one that connects to the Internet. I want to share both of those connections with other Windows PCs. In other words, on Computer A,…
Tacony
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Share Windows WiFi with Ubuntu PC through wired LAN

How to setup this? WiFi Internet connection <> Windows Laptop <> Wired LAN <> Ubuntu PC
KrisWebDev
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Windows Firewall and Android's internet passthrough connection

So long as I have the Windows Firewall turned off, internet passthrough works perfectly. Running without a firewall is not feasible for me so I'm trying to find out which app or port the passthrough uses. I've created an exception for HTC Sync but…
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VPN sharing on Mac OS X 10.5 machine

I have a rather weird problem. I want to share a VPN connection that has been established by my Mac OS X 10.5 computer with another machine in my network. This is what I did: In the /etc/hostcongig file on the main computer I added the line:…
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Reverse USB Tethering of Android Marshmallow phone to allow sharing PC internet with my Android version 6 Phone

Problem My Windows 10 PC has an Internet connection. My Android phone does not have Internet connection. Almost every suggestion on the internet is too old to work. Question How can I share my PC's internet with an Android phone running Marshmallow…
Gabriel Fair
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Sharing two wireless networks for backup

I have two stores in two different sides of the same street, Each one has an ADSL connection with a wireless router and a different IP address. So I have two different wireless networks connected to the Internet separately. I want to share these…
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How can I share Internet connection from virtual machine with host machine?

I have an internet stick, that only works in Windows XP. My laptop is running Windows 7 64 bit. So I have set up VMware, with a Windows XP virtual machine. I added and installed the USB internet stick, and I have internet inside my virtual…
Saif Bechan
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Using a Mac to share a VPN connection

I am using an iMac to share a wired network connection with other devices in my house. I am using Apple's built-in sharing functionality which works very well. I have also been using Tunnelblick as an OpenVPN client. The two technologies work great…
Luis Novo
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How to bridge my Android phone directly to the LAN using Ethernet over USB/RNDIS?

My Samsung phone uses LineageOS. The LineageOS USB modes include RNDIS (Microsoft's widely used Ethernet over USB protocol) and its settings also include tethering over USB. My desktop is Windows 10 with a wired Intel NIC and the correct drivers for…
Stilez
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I can't set up an ad-hoc network anymore

I use a windows7 ultimate operating system. For some time i've been unable to set up an ad-hoc network. Each time I try, it displays "Windows could not set up 'NetworkName' ". Pls, I need suggestions on how to solve this problem. Thanks
Jed_Chela
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Two internet Connections, one LAN - how to share?

Well, the title says what I'd like to achieve: I'd like some workstations connect through my 1st internet account and some through my second one. The workstations are in a workgroup. They're not in a domain. So They don't have a server. One…
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How do I create a DHCP address reservation for an Internet Connection Sharing client?

I have Internet Connection Sharing enabled on a Windows computer that's hosting the Internet connection. I have manually assigned what IP address to be used with the DHCP service on the host by changing the value data for ScopeAddress in registry.…
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Sharing Wifi-internet access via bluetooth

I'm on an extremely strict wireless network, which locks down one machine to one account. [Hotel wifi] Is there a way that I can share the Wifi connection with my android tablet via bluetooth? Windows and Linux solutions are prefered. The machine…
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ssh: sharing control sockets over nfs

Can ssh be used with ControlPath set to a path on an nfs share if the control socket being shared was created by another host? Attempting this gives me this error message: Control socket connect(/home/user/.ssh/master-user@host:port): Connection…
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