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• Choosing your own domain name services

  Posted on January 13, 2025 at 02:41 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  There is a long-standing joke in enterprise technology: “It’s always DNS.”

  That’s because if something isn’t working, checking your domain name services to make sure they are set up and are working properly is a first step in diagnosing the problem. Misconfiguration has been the cause of many major outages — it’s not unheard of for incorrect DNS settings to take down entire firms or websites.

  Even for consumers, bad DNS settings can prevent access to the Internet.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.02.0, 2025-01-13).

  On Security DHCP, DNS, Domain Name Services, IP address, Newsletters

• My printer is offline!

  Posted on September 23, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Ben Myers • Comment in the Forums

  BEN’S WORKSHOP

  

  By Ben Myers

  How often have you wondered why and how a networked printer has gone offline?

  For more than a few years, I was confounded when I discovered that a client’s networked printer had gone offline. Usually, I would reinstall the printer drivers, and that would take care of it. Recently, a new client gave me a clear explanation of events leading to a printer’s going offline.

  This is a networking problem, so I need to explain some networking concepts, principles, and software for reference later on.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.39.0, 2024-09-23).

  Ben's Workshop DHCP, Hardware, IPv4, IPv6, Networking, Newsletters, Printing, Routers, Web Services for Devices, WSD