Domain Name System or DNS errors can prevent you from being able to navigate the Web or access specific applications. There may be several reasons why you get a DNS ...

Internet users' experience highly depends on how efficiently the Domain Name Server (DNS) works while browsing the internet. The DNS converts human-understandable domain names to ...

Released with Windows 2000 and later versions, Nslookup is a command-line tool that lets you test and troubleshoot Domain Name System (DNS) resolution. To start nslookup, open a command prompt and ...

If an IP address comes back and the web page appears to be loading properly in your browser, your DNS servers are working fine. If no address comes back, or an unexpected web page appears despite a ...

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 ...

Many an IT administrator has needed to modify network interface settings in the past, usually via the graphical user interface (GUI). Besides just setting the IP address, if a system is statically ...

Are DNS problems dragging down the performance of your network? That’s what happened to the state of Maine, which was suffering from constant outages caused by a flaky DNS system. Here’s how Maine’s ...

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – converts web addresses into IP addresses. Without a DNS server, you won't be able to connect to any websites. If you're having issues with your ...

This article is excerpted from the book DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices and is reprinted by permission of publisher Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional. Many different problems can ...