Showing posts with label LAN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LAN. Show all posts

06 September 2021

Accessing network applications between windows and wsl linux ubuntu

Accessing network applications between windows and wsl linux ubuntu

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions

 
Accessing Linux networking apps from Windows (localhost)
Accessing Windows networking apps from Linux (host IP)
Connecting via remote IP addresses
Accessing a WSL 2 distribution from your local area network (LAN)
IPv6 access


21 April 2021

Can not open a website from within LAN, or 'not secure' shows when visiting

Can not open a website from within LAN, or 'not secure' shows when visiting


Symptom: Can not open a website from within LAN, or 'not secure' shows when visiting, but opening the website fine off LAN. 

Solution: Off LAN, ping the website address, get an IP.

Substitute the IP on LAN DNS server.

Right-click the server name under 'DNS'. Click 'Clear cache'. 

On your workstation on LAN, run 'ipconfig /flushdns'.

You will be able to open the website within LAN.