Good morning amonie,
I try to explain both:
I ping broadcast to the network and the devices show up. Pinging directly, nothing happens. That goes beyond my knowledge, honestly.
The part I was referring is the last part, when the browser begins to rewrite the url. I assume, the gateway does that rewriting stuff. But why does my pc connect to the gateway anyway? It is connecting to the same subnet, no need to pass the URL through a router?
BTW, the connection goes through the buildings wiring of course, from the patch panel to a small 8 port switch where all devices are connected. One uplink to the gateway, which is connected to the external lan.
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