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 ...

A DNS server stands for Domain Name System Server, and it is the process that translates a web site address, such as www.pcgamer.com to the IP Address 185.113.25.59. This process, termed recursion, ...

It's all about your IP address. As Digital Inspiration explains, all of the major websites use Content Delivery Networks like Amazon and Akamai to serve up the content. A CDN looks up your computer's ...

Last week, DNS provider Dyn was unavailable for a good part of Friday. I blogged late that day about how a computer using OpenDNS was able to access a particular website, while another computer, a ...

QUESTION: A friend told me I should change my DNS settings from what my ISP provides for faster speeds and better security. Is this true? ANSWER: DNS, which stands for Domain Name Service, is a vital ...

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 ...

I suddenly had bad connections to various services. So i pinged an couple different IP's. And everything is rock solid. But I noticed resolving addresses started to be really slow. I'm on Verizon DSL ...

It appears that DNS changes being made by some ISPs are affecting compatibility with some Bonjour devices. Here is the problem in a nutshell: Many ISPs are enacting a ...

I will be doing an ISP cutover for a client in the next week or so. Both ISP are active right now and both have a block of 5 static IP's assigned to the account. I feel confident I can handle most of ...