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Find out active IPs in a Linux LAN

If you are on a LAN and wish to find out which computers in it currently have access to that certain LAN, you can use the following command: for ip in $(seq 1 254); do ping -c 1 192.168.1.$ip>/dev/null; [ $? -eq 0 ] &[...]


Is Linux better than Windows web hosting?

People often get confused on which OS is better on getting the best performance or what’s best suited for a website. And this question is often debatable since it usually depends on what programs or scripting language [...]


Change your MAC address in Linux

If you wish to change your MAC address in Linux, all you have to do is bring the interface down then use the hw ether switch: ifconfig eth0 downifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:01:02:03:04:08ifconfig eth0 up [...]


Find out your router’s external IP address using the Linux command line

If you want to find out what external IP address your router has assigned to it, you can either search the Internet for sites that can display that said IP address or you can use the Linux command line: wget -O - -q ican[...]