The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important, yet lesser-known aspects of browsing the internet. In a nutshell, it’s responsible for converting a domain name (like google.com) to an IP ...

You've probably used the ipconfig command to view TCP/IP settings and renew a DHCP lease. In addition to these tasks, ipconfig can also help you manage DNS settings on a computer. For example, the DNS ...

There have been reports from Windows 10 users not being able to access websites on Chrome browser but instead gets the error dns_probe_finished_bad_config. Although ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. The internet is a dangerous place. There are websites that will happily deliver you malware, or display violent or sexual imagery after your child ...

Changing your DNS settings is often touted as a way to speed up your internet browsing. But I was skeptical about how much of a difference a simple DNS server change could actually influence my ...

Google offers a VPN via its “Google One” monthly subscription plan, and while it debuted on phones, a desktop app has been available for Windows and Mac OS for over a year now. Since a lot of people ...

While connecting to a VPN, if you see The VPN connection failed due to unsuccessful domain name resolution message, you can follow this tutorial to fix this problem. It happens due to wrong public DNS ...

We replaced our old router (Linksys BEFSR11) with a new Netgear (RP614v.4). We're on a domain. The new router was set up just like the old one. The router is set to get DNS automatically (from the ISP ...