I want to learn more about how DNS works, and I am interested in setting it up on my home LAN for the purposes of both internal (private) hostname resolution, as well as reaching public hosts. I have ...

Running a home network that’s both fast and private takes more than just blocking ads. For years, I relied on Pi-hole to keep unwanted traffic out of my devices’ DNS requests. It worked well, but ...

Personally, one of the main reasons I like to run my own DNS server at home is to protect my privacy. DNS isn't encrypted by default, unless you've got DNSSEC setup to encrypt your DNS queries. A DNS ...

Many an IT administrator has needed to modify network interface settings in the past, usually via the graphical user interface (GUI). Besides just setting the IP address, if a system is statically ...

First, we are going to assign a static IP Address instead of the dynamic one that is the default. To do so, follow the steps mentioned below. Please ensure you have set up a default gateway (like your ...

I have never setup DNS under NT 4 and I cannot find any tutorial online to see how much it differs from Windows 2000 DNS Setup which I have done, I know you have to add the service in the network ...

There may be times when Internet access seems to crawl, even when you are connected through a broadband connection and do not have other people on your network using bandwidth. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...