Local area network: Difference between revisions
Add more consumer-centric bits (more of a list of topics at the momen). Put excessively technical stuff in a section (probably delete) |
m Drakeula moved page Local Area Network to Local area network: Misspelled title: Not in sentence case |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
By limiting or controlling communications between devices on your network and the internet you may be able to improve privacy and security. | By limiting or controlling communications between devices on your network and the internet you may be able to improve privacy and security. | ||
Security -- Intel management engine and similar. | [[Security]] -- Intel management engine and similar. | ||
Routers -- who controls the router. Internet service provider (ISP) and some router makers try to control routers in ways that may not be what the user wants, or in the users best interest. | Routers -- who controls the router. Internet service provider (ISP) and some router makers try to control routers in ways that may not be what the user wants, or in the users best interest. | ||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
Domain name servers/system (DNS) -- tracking, security | Domain name servers/system (DNS) -- tracking, security | ||
== Technical stuff == | == Issues (these may be more apropos for ISP) == | ||
Tracking: Domain name server. Tracking by IP - VPN | |||
==Technical stuff== | |||
The devices connected to a LAN are typically configured behind a layer of obfuscation like NAT Network Address Translation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-12 |title=Network Address Translation (NAT) |url=https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-networks/network-address-translation-nat/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Geeks for Geeks}}</ref> all sharing one or more public IP addresses connecting the '''LAN''' to the internet. Generally, the devices on a LAN are assigned IP addresses in the private range<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-15 |title=Private-Use IP Addresses |url=https://www.iana.org/help/private-addresses |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority}}</ref>. | The devices connected to a LAN are typically configured behind a layer of obfuscation like NAT Network Address Translation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-12 |title=Network Address Translation (NAT) |url=https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-networks/network-address-translation-nat/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Geeks for Geeks}}</ref> all sharing one or more public IP addresses connecting the '''LAN''' to the internet. Generally, the devices on a LAN are assigned IP addresses in the private range<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-15 |title=Private-Use IP Addresses |url=https://www.iana.org/help/private-addresses |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority}}</ref>. | ||