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 ...

Whether you're a homelabber looking to take the next step in improving your network, interested in increasing your network speed and snappiness or concerned about your privacy, adding a custom DNS ...

IPv6 is the next-generation protocol designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to replace IPv4, the current version of the Internet Protocol. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient. However, ...

A few months back, I put together a big fat guide on how to configure DNS and DHCP on your LAN the old-school way, with bind and dhcpd working together to seamlessly hand out addresses to hosts on ...

Aging is a feature that allows identifying stale DNS records. It actually uses two intervals and a DNS record is considered as stale once both are elapsed. These intervals are: Non-Refresh Interval: ...

Hey guys, I'm not sure what's going on here, and I doubt it's even a real problem, but for cleanliness' sake, I figured I would address it. I was poking around my two DC/DNS servers this morning, and ...

LAS VEGAS -- The Microsoft site outage in January of this year brought attention to the crucial, yet often neglected issue of DNS server configuration. A single point of failure--in this case, the ...

This is the one router setting I change immediately on every network ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Gartner predicts more than 30 ...