The domain name system links the website addresses you type into your Web browser to the numeric IP addresses by which servers identify each other on the Internet. Domain names are easier for humans ...

Computers that connect to a TCP/IP network such as the Internet are assigned an IP address, a label consisting of 32-bits and represented in dotted-decimal notation, such as 192.168.0.1. PCs also have ...

Here in the Oregon HQ for macosxhints.com, we’ve got a few devices on our local network. There are the Macs, of course, and a networked Brother laser printer, the AirPort Base Station, and our (rarely ...

Your computer's IP address, the string of numbers used to identify your computer online, can be found in Windows easily. You usually don't need to know your IP address, and it's usually assigned ...

Billions of computers are linked through the Internet. And with so many devices communicating and exchanging information, each one needs to have a unique identifier so that the right information ...

On Monday we covered how to ping any server from the Firefox address bar with a quick search bookmark. If your fingers Ctrl+L faster than they launch a terminal window, there are four more quick ...