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 ...

Your DNS settings are doing something useful. They just aren't doing what you think!

One of the most elemental pieces of network configuration information is the address of a recursive domain name system server, or RDNSS, that can resolve domain names into IP addresses. However, a ...

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 ...

Every networked computer uses a complex system of addresses and protocols to communicate. There are times when these services fail, and it might be appropriate to consider a preferred and alternate ...

DNS is fairly simple and straightforward. As long as you follow the basic rules of configuration, DNS will give you few problems. However, there are certain complex configurations that are important ...

How to deal with cases where there is a Wi-Fi connection but no internet connection]Restarting the router or PC shows no signs of fixing it.Even when opening a browser, it displays "DNS address could ...

With the latest iteration of Ubuntu comes much change. Jack Wallen shows you how DNS nameserver entries are now configured for networking interfaces in Ubuntu Server 18.04. For years, whenever I ...

When I joined the company, I noted that a lot of name lookups were failing or pointing at the wrong machines. I also noted a staggering amount of old, outdated DNS records. Scavenging appeared to be ...