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viewing cctv footage
is out there soft to watch cctv footage from pc on LAN without internet access. it consists of 3 ip cams (hikvision), router & laptop w ubuntu on it.
i can play live feed using vlc player but i ...
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A "teacher" software to broadcast my screen to the students' computers
I am teaching a course in a computer-class. The teacher's computer has a Windows OS and a software called "Teacher". It allows the teacher to take control over the students' computers, ...
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Linux alternative for advanced ip scanner [duplicate]
A friend of my lately introduced to tools called advanced IP scanner. It a great tool. It basically scans all addresses to check the address of device even if this device is not in our network. When I ...
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limit internet bandwidth (17.04) [duplicate]
I want to limit the internet bandwidth to avoid causing a bad ping for other users in the same network.
I used to use wondershaper but it doesn't seem work on Ubuntu 17.04 (kernel 4.10, 64bit):
sudo ...
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Get current wireless download and upload speed on the command line [duplicate]
Is it possible to retrieve the current download speeds on my desktop? For example, if I were to download a file, the network card will report the speed that it's downloading the file at - I've seen it'...
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Is there GUI software that can show how much bandwidth a user on my home network is using?
Are there any GUI applications I can use to see how much bandwidth a user on my home network is using? I use Ubuntu 16.04.
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Anti Censorship software
I live in China and daily I have to face the great firewall pain :(
On Windows/Mac/Android there are many VPN and other services but on Linux there are only a few that I know of.
Right now I am using ...
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GUI software to control applications' internet usage
I need a decent GUI software to control (set upload and download limits) the internet usage of applications dynamically.
For example I want to limit google chrome's bandwidth to not go beyond 10Kbps ...
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Detect port scans performed by own computer
I was told that my working PC is massively scanning the ports of somebody else's PC, which is not intended by me. How can I find out which program is doing that?
Following the advice of ByteCommander'...
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Looking for a light weight website monitoring tool
I am looking for a tool that can help me monitor the availability of my website.
Basically, I should input my website URL to the tool and it should monitor whether the site is up and send the ...
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Is there a software to control my wireless router? [closed]
I was a windows user and was controlling my router using selfishnet and now I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 ,
I wonder if there is a similar software or any other way to do it.
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Is there any software for routing? I don't want specific route distribution
I'm trying to find some graphic software to manage a network server, and for using it like router. And I want some general overview of what is happening on the network. In Windows, I reached for Kerio ...
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How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? [duplicate]
I can see in my System Monitor that data is being uploaded and downloaded, I can see in Etherape which sites it's connecting to and which protocol is being used. However without looking at the actual ...
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What would be the consequences of uninstalling the net-tools package in a default Ubuntu system?
I know that the net-tools package is deprecated and that its features are supposedly provided by the iproute2 package.
However, I find that I keep using the old net-tools programs: it's an old habit....
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How to ping a specific port
I often use the ping command to check if a website is available or not, or if I can access a machine, so basically mostly for diagnostics, and what would be really useful is if I could specify which ...
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Which program in ubuntu shows network usage at unity panel top-right beside the indicator?
In my University Computer I saw a program in ubuntu which constantly monitored and displayed the network traffic(Download and Upload speed) in the top-left side ,at the indicator. But I couldn't get ...
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Cannot Ubuntu desktop edition perform as Ubuntu Server Edition? [duplicate]
I found two separate OS Ubuntu Desktop Edition (like Ubuntu 14.04 LTS which I am using ) and Ubuntu Server Edition OS available. Server Edition is used to do the performance for hosting a Ubuntu ...
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Looking for network surveillance tool
I sometimes use / test software that cannot be found in the apt tree. The software comes from all over the internet. When executing the software I create an extra user for this particular software and ...
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Benchmarking DNS queries
I've recently switched to a router that allows me to set the network's DNS resolution to an internal server. Because of that, I'm playing around with a few DNS caching techniques (like bind9, pdnsd, ...
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link 2 computer over the internet
I have 2 desktop computers and I would like to connect both of these computers together over the internet so I could access the information from one room to another. the computer with the files I ...
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How can I make Rythmbox (or Banshee) scan a specific directory for .is_audio_player
I would like to configure (or cheat) Rhythmbox to treat an arbitrary directory (network share), so that I can automatically use it to send my music there (and convert it to suitable formats using ....
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Can not connect Qubee Shuttle (UH235) Wimax USB Modem in Ubuntu14.04
I am using Qubee Shuttle (UH235) Wimax USB Modem with windows 8.1 which works fine. But when I try to connect it with ubuntu, it can not recognize the modem. I talk with my friends from university, ...
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In Ubuntu, is there an application like "Huawei Mobile Partner" for broadband dongle modems?
Is there an application in Ubuntu which is like Huawei Mobile Partner, i. e. an application to manage broadband USB dongle modems? The application should provide:
Display bandwidth
SMS facility
Make ...
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Network Simulator for Ubuntu 12.04
I'm looking for good open-source network simulator programs which I can use on my Ubuntu 12.04
I know about Cisco-packet tracer and I used it in my 32 bit machine earlier. But now my 64 bit machine ...
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How to configure a firewall that only allows a few webpages and dropbox and U1 services?
Can anyone give a step-by-step how-to that explains how to
block all outgoing internet traffic to all websites, but allows only a selected list (needed for working, fi. online dictionaries)
allows ...
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Is there a program to see channels used by Wi-Fi networks (similar to Vistumbler or inSSIDer) in Ubuntu?
I need to see the channels used by all Wi-Fi networks in range in order to improve my Wi-Fi connection by selecting the channel to be used by my modem (a procedure related to the 'freebox' modem).
In ...
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What tool can I use to monitor a network of PCs?
I want my system to act as the central system for the rest of my network of 10 PCs. I also want to monitor what's going on, and monitor the activity of other systems. So how can I do this? What are ...
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Bandwidth management in ubuntu?
I am doing my project on Bandwidth control and management. So I am looking for good bandwidth management software in ubuntu.
Anyone can suggest me a best Bandwidth management software for ubuntu, ...
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How to use multiple mobile Broadband, one for browsing and one for downloading, at the same time
I have two mobile broadband to connect to the internet. When they connected to the computer both are accessible from the network manager, but only one can be connected at the same time. Currently I ...
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Is there LAN topology mapping software available in Ubuntu?
I need to do a graphical map of all the layer-2 and layer-3 machines running in my LAN.
I don't want a graphical tool like Dia or similar, but a kind of "graphical Nmap" which shows the real cabling ...
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What tools are availble to check network performance for VoIP calls?
I need a software tool which can emulate network impairments/jitters in the network and test VoIP calls behavior and quality.
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Is it possible to view per-process statistics on traffic usage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Specific traffic analysis
In bmon and vnstat I can see whole amount of received and sent traffic. But I can't see its origins (processes that sent those requests). Currently I ...
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Is there a tool like omnipeek? Which tool can be used to capture wlan packets?
I want to find a tool like omnipeek on my ubuntu precise, but didn't find.
Which tools can be used to capture WLAN packets on Linux?
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Is there a GUI app to setup and toggle hostapd?
Title says it all, I've tried wifi-hostapd-app but I always run into trouble while installing one of its dependencies, dnsmasq specifically. I read one of the workarounds is to disable Ubuntu's ...
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What is the equivalent of the "tracert" DOS command?
tracert is a command in MS-DOS command prompt to trace the route to an IP Address.
Is there any command in the Gnome Terminal equivalent to this?
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How do I find out which program is using internet and how much? [duplicate]
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How do I find out which process is eating up my bandwidth?
Sometimes there is unusual internet activity on my Computer. The modem's lights are always blinking and when I open ...
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New User to Linux in general (Setting up a hardware firewall, needs interface config and ufw config help!)
I'm very new to this new environment (coming from Windows) and I need some help setting up a hardware firewall and web server combo. I already have my website set up and I would like some guidance on ...
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Is there any application like Proxyfire?
In Windows7 I using Proxyfire to pass through the internet filtering.
Now I am using Ubuntu and I looked everywhere and read many posts but still cant find any easy app.
Can anyone help me?
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Recommendation for socket software
I'm learning how to deal with socket programming with socket(), bind(), connect(), listen(), etc.
So I'm looking for a socket software that is similar like this, that works in Ubuntu. The software ...
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Network Administrating Software (Similar to ClearOS)
I am looking for a network administrating software that is similar to the ClearOS in this link: http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/screenshots.html
Of course the software should be for Ubuntu or ...
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Is there an equivalent to netscan?
I use netscan in windows to browse network shares on lan. I can see all the network shares at one place and open them by a mere click. Can I do same on ubuntu, is there any netscan for ubuntu which ...
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Good alternative to NetLimiter?
There is a program NetLimiter for windows. While I was using Windows it was very useful for me to find out the IP address of the person who was downloading from me, or to know IP address of any person ...
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How to share internet from one network card to another ethernet port
I basically seek a way to "bridge" the internet connection coming into my linux machine through one ethernet port (on the mother board's NIC) and share it with another computer connected to a separate ...
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Need software like 'Internet Download Manager' [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can someone recommend a download manager?
Is there any software in Ubuntu like "Internet Download Manager" that downloads audio, video, documents, and software with enhanced ...
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What user-friendly VPN software is available?
Other than the Network Manager applet at the Natty panel, is there any other user-friendly VPN tool available. One which has a GUI and can be easily setup.
Ref. question : ConnMan not detecting ...
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Application with Output similar to the GUI output of "WireShark"
I know that WireShark allows live packet capturing as well as details being displayable in the GUI. Is there any similar program that operates on a CLI, rather than a GUI? This is intended for use ...
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Alternative to NetScanner
Is there a software alternative to NetScanner (which runs on the Windows platform)?
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Nice network diagram editor?
Writing a commercial proposal, I want to create a nice graphic showing the clients the architecture I thought of for their IT network, with servers, network connections, firewall, load-balancing, etc.
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Graphical Traceroute with Map from Repository
It seems like xt (xtraceroute) has been dropped from the repository, does anyone know of another graphical traceroute program in the main repos which draws maps? If not, then a loose deb package will ...
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