Local Area Network: Difference between revisions
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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>. | ||