Tag Results For: dns

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eToolz Brings The Most Useful Network & Web Tools Under One Hood

Do you hate using multiple network tools for performing required tasks, including domain lookup, resolve DNS, ping domain, trace route and more? eToolz is a light-weight, portable application suite that includes a total of 10 most useful network utilities, enabling you to perform numerous network-specific operations from one window. The application has been specifically built [...] (more…)

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Edit & Restore Windows Hosts File And Block Websites With Host Mechanic

Host Mechanic is a portable application to edit, delete and restore the Windows default hosts file. This application makes it easy to add entries to Windows hosts file; you won’t have to navigate to system32/drivers/etc folder every time just to add new domains and change mapped IPs. All you need is to launch the application, [...] (more…)

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Simon: Monitor Website Changes And Track Server Failures & DNS Invisibility

Website monitoring utilities help users identify all the surreptitious changes made to website as well as analyze the causes of server failures, domain invisibility and FTP connections issues. If you manage multiple websites and need a tool that can conduct HTTP tests to find websites changes and server failures, monitor FTP connection for uploaded files, [...] (more…)

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Windows DNS Changer: Switch Between Popular DNS Servers

Domain Name System or DNS provides name resolution for domain names against their numerical identifiers.This is because the Internet maintains two principal namespaces, i.e. the domain name and the IP address system. A DNS Server provides translation between these two namespaces. For example, it is much easier to remember the Domain name www.addictivetips.com, instead of [...] (more…)

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Cache DNS Results To Boost Internet Speed With DnsSpeeder

One way to boost internet speed is to use freely available open DNS services. You can switch between different DNS services other than provided by your ISP to check which service provides best results. If switching DNS services doesn’t help, you can try an application which attempts to cache DNS queries to mitigate the time [...] (more…)

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Perform DNS Benchmarking With Domain Name Speed Benchmark

The Internet is based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example when you type www.addictivetips.com, DNS translates it in relation to 78.46.99.12. DNS (Domain Name System or Service or Server), translates domain names into IP addresses. As the human [...] (more…)

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Windows Server DNS 2003 / 2008 Monitoring Management Pack

DNS (Domain Name System or Service or Server), translates domain names into IP addresses. As alphabetical domain names are easier to remember as compared to IP addresses, therefore, the human brain is far likely to remember a word or phrase such as addictivetips.com instead of an IP address. The Internet however, is based on IP [...] (more…)

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AthTek NetWalk – Network Monitoring, Packet Sniffing & Analysis

AthTek NetWalk Personal Edition is a robust application to help in the administration of all kinds of networks. It is particularly useful for new network administrators who wish to gain in depth knowledge about network infrastructure and management. AthTek NetWalk contains graphical representations of the network with the use of advanced packet sniffing, to help [...] (more…)

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Monitor And Troubleshoot Multiple Hosts (Networks) With Pinkie

You must have noticed that over the last few days we have covered some articles regarding network troubleshooting via the command prompt. There are many GUI (Graphical User Interface) based network troubleshooting tools as well that can help you trace a route, ping multiple hosts, perform forward and reverse DNS lookup, etc. Pinkie is a [...] (more…)

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Advantages Of Nslookup Command Line For Common Users

Nslookup is a network administration command-line tool used widely by system and network administrators. It is used for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for a specific DNS record. In this article we will explain the benefits that can be dervied by a common user from [...] (more…)

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Explanation Of IP Config Command Lines And Their Functions

Having knowledge of the command prompt is considered unnecessary in the wake of several applications and online tools that identify and resolve many issues for the average user. However, many people don’t realize that knowledge of the command prompt is still an effective requirement. Following are some essential command prompt commands that are not only [...] (more…)

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Create Network Profiles And Conduct Speed Tests To Find Best Connection

Earlier, we reviewed an application NetCon Manager which lets you create multiple profiles for saving different network profiles. The application usage is based on the fact that your PC at home and in office must have different network settings. For instance, if you carry laptop/netbook everywhere, it’d be tiresome to configure network settings each time [...] (more…)