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 ...

DNS works as the telephone directory for the Internet, and when it works, it's seamless to the user. But along with the growing move to self-host services comes a push to run DNS servers at home, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you attempt to run CMD shortcuts from non-standard locations, you may receive ‘DNS Server not authoritative for this zone’ message. It may also prevent and prevent you from executing an important ...

When you enter a URL into the browser address bar and press Enter, your computer must know which IP address you want to connect to. Every URL has a corresponding IP address that only machines can ...