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Maximum number of DNS servers in Windows
What is the maximum of nameservers one can enter in Windows? Are there differences in different versions? Linux has a maximum of three, which is set in /usr/include/resolv.h:
# define MAXNS ...
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All websites seem to work, except for those on the microsoft.com domain?
I found an old reformatted computer somewhere, with Windows XP installed. It's a bit faulty; I can't get the monitor settings to work on anything other than the lowest resolution. But that's not the ...
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After a period of time, nslookup still works, but pinging, and an auto-refeshed website, fails
Contrary to this SO question this is for a dotted name (gw.localnet.au), and it doesn't happen straight away. Only after some period of time (quite a long time, possibly days).
In fact this is for my ...
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What to do if I get ping results for non-existing hosts?
When I am pinging non-existing host like 'zzz' or 'qwerty'
I am getting the following result
Pinging zzz.kanisa.com [209.62.20.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.62.20.200: bytes=32 time=...
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how to clear Window DNS cache
My router reset and my ip address changed. DynDNS was updated with the new address automatically. But windows still pings the old address.
How do I clear the DNS cache in Windows Vista?
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Windows DNS resolution
I can't connect to a server in my domain
C:\Users\evil>nslookup winserver
Server: m0n0wall.local
Address: 192.168.123.254
Name: winserver
Address: 192.168.123.246
this is ok, nslookup ...
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Switching between DNS addresses easily
Sometimes I need to use preferred and alternate DNS server addresses, and sometimes I need Windows to obtain it automatically. The common approach to switch between those addresses is:
Right click on ...
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Can DHCP provide DNS addresses when IP is static?
In Windows, when I select static IP (instead of DHCP-assigned one) I have to enter the IP address for DNS servers. Is there a way to manually set IP address yet obtain the DNS addresses from the DHCP ...
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Why does my internet connection fail intermittently?
On my laptop, my internet connection fails now and again. I'll go to a web page (Let's say Google) and I'll get page not found. I'll then sit and press F5 to refresh the page until eventually after a ...
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Why does this laptop have random wireless problems with DNS resolving?
The laptop seems to work 1/3 of times for www.google.ca, some websites seem inaccessible (i.e. don't work at all). Firefox and Chrome seem to work (1/3 of time issue), and others computers here work ...
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Windows cannot resolve custom domains when VPN is up?
We have a DNS server on local network which has some custom TLDs such as "local, dummy" etc. The domains ending with these TLDs resolves to test servers like win2003test.dummy.
The problem occures ...
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Switch DNS settings per Windows user?
I have set up an account at OpenDNS for web filtering. I think it is a great service and don't want to change to any alternative.
What I would like to do is change the DNS settings per user so I can ...
