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  1. anjanesh

    Connect to a remote Windows laptop at work on a private network

    I want to connect my MacBook Air M2 to my work laptop located in office via Microsoft Remote Desktop from home. Problem is that the work network is on a private network. Is it still possible to connect remotely via the internet ?
  2. .wojtek

    Resolved Network monitor and statistics (akin to NetWorx)

    Is there any network monitoring app similar to https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/? I use MenuMeters for current traffic monitoring and it works great but I'm looking for the statistics part (per time period and per app. Unfortunatelly ActivityMonitor is too basick. I tried...
  3. C

    Network Infrastructure Legitimacy?

    Hi fellow Apple users and network knowledgeable friends!! Could you help me understand these things...please. -Mysterious DNS/Domain. Has anyone ever seen "gateway.fe2.apple-dns.net"? Specifically the fe2 part... weird, huh? -Mysterious Ethernet. En5. Not set up by me, knowingly at...
  4. P

    New MacStudio can’t connect to old MacPro mounted drives.

    I have a new Mac studio (Sonoma) replacing a Mac Pro (Monterey) which I need to keep due to its several attached thunderbolt 2 RAID drives. So the problem is that I can’t connect to the attached drives from the Mac Studio. I get the can’t “connect due to original can’t be found” message. I can...
  5. andeify

    Unifi wireless bridge without USG

    If anyone familiar with Unifi, networking and wireless bridges could help, my network used to consist of a Unifi Security Gateway (USG3P), a couple of Netgear Switches and a Unifi UAP NanoHD wireless access point. I have a server that has the Unifi Network Controller running as a VM. I recently...
  6. K

    Scan to Network Folder doesn't work on macOS Sonoma.

    Scan to Network Folder doesn't work on macOS Sonoma. What I want to do is set up a network folder on my Mac so that I can scan documents from my printer to that folder. My connection is wireless. The printer sees the shared folder, named HPScans, but it can't connect to it. The EWS error is...
  7. U

    MacOS drops internet connection when Safari is open, that affects my RDP sessions

    Hello everyone. I frequently use RDP connections for work, and if Safari is opened i always get 0x407 error - that means that internet connection was dropped. Tested with another browsers, like Chrome or Edge - and never get a single error. Maybe somebody know how to resolve the problem and...
  8. C

    Sync Videos to Apple TV?

    I have a handful of videos that I'd like to be able to play on my Apple TV. I would like to be able to play them on my Apple TV directly without having to have my Mac on (for Apple TV app Home Sharing) and without AirPlay from my iPhone. Additionally I'd like to store these videos in iCloud...
  9. C

    Hidden device possibilities

    Hello Mac friends, I am not an expert by ANY means, so I apologize in advance for how uneducated this will sound. I'm just a person with suspicions of being hacked looking for help...(by someone who I lived with and had access and personal details enough to do so). I am not looking for...
  10. ItsAShaunParty

    Ventura network/internet problem -- Please help!

    Hi Everyone! Just updated from Monterey to Ventura 13.6. 27" 2020 iMac. I thought it was safe. I thought wrong. Issues include but are not limited to: The internet wasn't working at all until I disabled Little Snitch The internet still isn't working for some apps like the Messages...
  11. R

    Catalina will not load external USB Harddrives over the network

    The usb drives are connected to a mac mini, mounted in catalina and are accessable from the machine with the drives attached. When this machine is approached over a lan the all drives are listed, internal and external. Internal drives can be browsed remotely but when an external drive is...
  12. T'hain Esh Kelch

    Wake/Sleep network issues with headless 2011 Mac Mini running Plex / macOS10.13

    So I have a 2011 Mac Mini with macOS 10.13.6 that is headless and running primarily as a Plex Media Server, and is connected directly to my mesh network through ethernet, and I am having wake/sleep issues that I can't figure out. Issues: 1. It wakes itself up every 1-10 minutes through the day...
  13. D

    Can an old rMBP talk to a brand new Macbook?

    Hello. I am still using a 2013 rMBP. It works pretty well, except its original battery is dying. Time for an upgrade. I'll get a MBA15 or MBP M3 or something. Doesn't really matter...they'll be stupidly fast and more capable than what I have now. Say the new laptop arrives. Can I create a...
  14. C

    Identifying monitoring across devices?

    Hello everyone. I have been long suspicious that my ex (and child’s father, with whom I am in a legal matter with for DV) may have access and is monitoring my devices. I don’t know if it’s one device, or all. My suspicion is he may have access to my texts, internet activity, location, possibly...
  15. tedwill

    Recogize New Network Prior to Logon

    I have a chicken and an egg scenario with my MacBook Pro M1. My company uses Duo. My off-line password was never set up properly. I have been suspending my machine and then using duo to unlock it. Today I am traveling and I cannot get an IP address before I log into my MacBook. I have an...
  16. F

    Best Free App for Monitoring Network Connections on Macs

    Hey folks, I'm looking for recommendations on the best app for monitoring network connections on a Mac. I know about Wireshark, which does a great job of capturing packet data, but I'm used to ProcMon (Windows world) and it has ability to document connection information (e.g., like inbound TCP...
  17. H

    Sudo lsof -i not showing certain ip address, but FF developer tools do?

    So usually, if I wanted to view the connections currently being made by my mac, I would use sudo lsof -i to get a list of processes and ip addresses. However, I have noticed something odd, especially with this site, macrumors. While the network tab of the developer tools for firefox list the ip...
  18. T

    Wifi Management Issue - Multiple Network over a Wifi

    Hello Every One, just upgrade from monterey to ventura. On my network with various devices, I have some on static IP different from what being advertised by the DHCP server on the network. Usually in Mac OS X and MacOS prior to Ventura I was able to create different WiFi Service on the same WiFi...
  19. R

    How do I specify which connected network Mac uses for internet access?

    I had to switch internet service providers, which required me to get a new router as it uses different technology. If I have my old non-internet router connected to my Mac via ethernet and my new internet-providing router connected to my Mac via WiFi, how can I tell my Mac that when I want to...
  20. G

    WiFi Router Recommendation for my small vacation rental

    I'm seeking recommendations for a new WiFi router, to replace my venerable Linksys WRT3200ACM. That's the last router I bought, and boy, things have sure changed between then and now in the world of routers. $600 routers? That's a new thing. Anyway, the short story is, this is a small...