I'm just starting to try and make my job a bit easier at work and I am trying to create simple scripts for my more mundane tasks. One such task is setting up and configure DNS zones on our two ...

Pi-hole filters locally but still outsources resolution.

Without DNS, computers would have a very tough time communicating with each other. However, most Windows administrators still rely on WINS for name resolution on local area networks and some have ...

You can change which DNS server your devices use which could help you get a faster, more secure internet connection in the process. Reading time 6 minutes The DNS (Domain Name System) server settings ...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important, yet lesser-known aspects of browsing the internet. In a nutshell, it’s responsible for converting a domain name (like google.com) to an IP ...

As an alternative to an on-site DNS server, this cloud-hosted DNS service lets you block, filter, and analyze activity across your network and devices. In most cases, your internet provider is also ...

Comcast had a massive “outage” on Monday that affected Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. Note that “outage” is in quotation marks, because the problem wasn’t with the physical links that made up ...

Due to not controlling our network, there are occasions when I need to set a particular computer's network settings differently than what the DHCP server doles out. Or I may need to configure a second ...

Most people assume that their Internet connection’s peak bandwidth determines their broadband connection’s overall performance. However, that’s not quite true. Many factors are in play, including the ...