Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 So Im just wondering why is it when i have added my brother to. My allow list he never comes up as a checked circle. I'm always having to re add people Which is getting frustrating. I thought as soon as there added to the allow list you will always be able to connect to them if there available. Here are some pics below as he always shows up as a solid green circle and i have to extend my geo to allow us to connect to play together http://forum.netduma.com/uploads/images/1431423204-U841.jpg http://forum.netduma.com/uploads/images/1431423238-U841.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Just a thought do they have a static or dynamic ip? , if it is dynamic it maybe the reason as their ip changes. Also if they are within your geo-filter i do not bother adding them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Just a thought do they have a static or dynamic ip? , if it is dynamic it maybe the reason as their ip changes. Also if they are within your geo-filter i do not bother adding them myself. Cheers zennon He has a dynamic ip address. I never thought of that lol thats why it changes all the time. Ok so i have some friends outside my geo and i add them. but when added i cant connect to them . What would you suggest to do then ? as i dont wanna keep on re adding all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 So the other friends are on a static ip and you can not connect even when they are in your allow list ? Do you and your friends all have open Nat's at this point? I ask to rule this out first as it can sometimes cause issue's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Nah my other mates are on dynamic ip. And they all have a open nat. But i cant connect to them unless i re add them everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Ask them if they are rebooting quite frequently or changing ip to get around download restrictions etc ( i used to do this instead of waiting an hour from a share site), to rule out the ip issue first, if not we can look at the duma side of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 ive already asked them this and they say hardly ever. Do they reboot the modem so maybe the ip lease time just expires and gives a new one. Which maybe is causing the issue. But even then its it could be 5 hours later. I jump back on and ill have to re add them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 If its a lease issue I do not know what could be done about this apart from Iain coding a script for you that allows a certain range so as an example 88.XX.XX.XX . I had to have this done for me when I was a member of an FTP with a dynamic IP. This might not be the problem and if it is not can somebody who knows or has had this problem please would you post here, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 If its a lease issue I do not know what could be done about this apart from Iain coding a script for you that allows a certain range so as an example 88.XX.XX.XX . Isn't that basically just doing what the GeoFilter is doing though - auto-allowing people from a certain area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 ive already asked them this and they say hardly ever. Do they reboot the modem so maybe the ip lease time just expires and gives a new one. Which maybe is causing the issue. But even then its it could be 5 hours later. I jump back on and ill have to re add them An easy way to check if it because their IP's are changing it to note down their ID when you click on their circle. Then when you have to re-add them to you allow list see if the ID has changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 An easy way to check if it because their IP's are changing it to note down their ID when you click on their circle. Then when you have to re-add them to you allow list see if the ID has changed Hey crossy you a right the host id is changing each time. Is there anyway to stop it do my mates have to have a static ip ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hey crossy you a right the host id is changing each time. Is there anyway to stop it do my mates have to have a static ip ? Hi I don't think think there would be a way to do it. Do they have Netdumas? If they do then maybe a feature could be implemented that automatically updated each other on other peoples allow/deny or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hi I don't think think there would be a way to do it. Do they have Netdumas? If they do then maybe a feature could be implemented that automatically updated each other on other peoples allow/deny or something like that. Unfortunately they dont have duma's. It just causes issues sometimes trying to join each other. Unless I expand my geo and include them in it. I guess its no big deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 Unfortunately they dont have duma's. It just causes issues sometimes trying to join each other. Unless I expand my geo and include them in it. I guess its no big deal No way that I could think of. I don't think there is any other way of identifying an external network other that its IP address so I don't think it is possible to automatically update it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton92 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 haha ok thanks anyway crossy and zennon Also just a quick question why do i get faster speeds using reactive vs preemptive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 haha ok thanks anyway crossy and zennon Also just a quick question why do i get faster speeds using reactive vs preemptive ? Because pre-emptive can only handle speeds to 60Mpbs. Reactive can handle everything above that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 By a certain range I mean ip range from an isp their ip will usually always start will the same first numbers. With them being outside his geo a wildcard might be a way of getting around it. Or trace them by mac address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 By a certain range I mean ip range from an isp their ip will usually always start will the same first numbers. With them being outside his geo a wildcard might be a way of getting around it. Or trace them by mac address. Can you view MAC Addresses from an external Network? I read this and it suggests not but I may have misunderstood it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akic Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Can you view MAC Addresses from an external Network? I read this and it suggests not but I may have misunderstood it. No you can't get a MAC address beyond 1 hop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Blame my numb nuts colleague he suggested the mac., I've just flamed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 Blame my numb nuts colleague he suggested the mac., I've just flamed him. Haha. lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akic Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Blame my numb nuts colleague he suggested the mac., I've just flamed him. lol.. pesky colleagues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennon Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Lol I thought it was bull but he was so adamant. And he does networking for a living hum haha I need the sack for thinking it may be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Iain Posted May 12, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 12, 2015 Clinton, what ISP is your friend on? Its weird that it changes so often. Crossy a MAC address is used at physical layer. Its the lowest layer in the network statck. Its only used for connecting to computers you're directly connect( as Akic said 1 hop ). That means any computers directly wired, directly wifi or directly connected via switch. So when you want to communicate with a host connected directly. You ask "yo who has ip address x.y.z.w" and the computer will reply "I (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff) have IP address x.y.z.w" the communication can start. The protocol is called ARP if you're interested. That's why MAC address must be unique to each device in the world(and why its 6 octets long not 4 octets). Octet - just means 1 byte which is 2^8 = 256 different numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted May 12, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted May 12, 2015 Crossy a MAC address is used at physical layer. Its the lowest layer in the network statck. Its only used for connecting to computers you're directly connect( as Akic said 1 hop ). That means any computers directly wired, directly wifi or directly connected via switch. So when you want to communicate with a host connected directly. You ask "yo who has ip address x.y.z.w" and the computer will reply "I (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff) have IP address x.y.z.w" the communication can start. The protocol is called ARP if you're interested. That's why MAC address must be unique to each device in the world(and why its 6 octets long not 4 octets). Octet - just means 1 byte which is 2^8 = 256 different numbers. Thanks for the explanation. I read this which explained lots but your 'yo, who has ip address' was funnier, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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