Usually it was defined by the DNS/DHCP server the router assigns. Strangely this is dorked up it seems: I got into the router config and connected via my desktop, and the page listing online machines ...

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I setup a a router in GNS3 with the loopback adapter and cloud connected to it. Now i setup everything up from the guides I have followed and from my physical PC i can ping the loopback interface and ...