I think I made a local domain server, but I'm not sure. I'm doing it by reading DNS and Bind. I made A records and PTR records for zones. When I type a domain without the dot, I can get IP information ...

Out of all the tools available to home labbers, I think local DNS servers are the most powerful. I've used many variants, from PowerDNS to Technitium, Unbound, BIND9, and CoreDNS, each with its own ...

If you’re not familiar with how DNS works, I recommend reading Marco Chiappetta’s article about how to speed up your DNS. If it still sounds complex, there’s a comic series that explains how DNS works ...

Most people ignore DNS, but it can slow everything down.

This past year I switched from UniFi gear to Eero simply because I hated dealing with the upkeep of it all and no longer needed a lot of the advanced features of small biz level gear, but still wanted ...

How do I… Install and configure a DNS server in Windows Server 2008? Your email has been sent Without DNS, computers would have a very tough time communicating with ...

Ron Nutter helps a reader who wants to know if he can avoid running DNS servers on his network I was reading your article about the number of DNS servers you need when handling mail and Web hosting.

A non-networked computer is very rare now because most useful work involves data and services that are distributed across some kind of "internet" — that is, any network that speaks IP, public or ...

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 ...