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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, ...

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 ...

You might be wondering: DNS servers — why do they even matter? Or, what is a DNS server anyway? Both of these are important question, but in addressing both, a DNS is your access or gateway to the ...

If you're new to DNS, the easiest way to understand it is to compare it to a phone book. DNS is the phone book of the internet, except we don’t get to choose what number gets listed. Most of us let ...

Aging is a feature that allows identifying stale DNS records. It actually uses two intervals and a DNS record is considered as stale once both are elapsed. These intervals are: Non-Refresh Interval: ...

I have a complex personal network; there's basically three locations, each with its own DHCP/DNS setup (dnsmasq). Each network has a 10.x.y.0/24 network and a subdomain out of internal.example.com ...

My ISP is getting so heavily subscribed that i was wondering if it would be beneficial to not use the ISP DNS servers for DNS lookup and instead point my Lan to the main route DNS server they use ...

If you are new to DNS server knowledge, you probably didn’t know that you can change the DNS servers you use when browsing the internet. You might want to do this for a variety of reasons, including ...