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How to properly modify host file?
I was able to modify my host file on my Windows 10 laptop by copying it onto my desktop, modifying it and then pasting it back to the system32/drivers/etc folder. I'm doing this to prevent me from ...
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Website refuses to load, but works fine everywhere else. SSL Certificate related
I have a computer which has stopped connecting to a website.
Normally this computer would just get rebuilt with the standard image we have for the computer, but there's a lot of bespoke software which ...
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Resolution of specific domains is not attempted
Background: after an extended session of network testing (including crafting packets and changing the interface settings (the IP4 ones, not the hardware)) I have a situation I have never encountered ...
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As a user on a VPN how do I control which server a DNS request goes to
I work from home using a Windows 10 machine. It's connected to the company network using Forticlient SSL VPN. This uses split tunneling so only certain traffic is routed over the VPN. However, it sets ...
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Windows 10 - Can ping anything but hostnames
My computer is currently connected via LAN to a powerline adapter, the other end to an access router. When trying to ping the router with its hostname (fritz.box), it says non-existent domain.
Using ...
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DNS fallback in Windows
Is there any way to setup DNS client resolution with fallback in Windows?
I found that the secondary DNS server is only used if the primary is unavailable.
What I want is that the secondary DNS is ...
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Alternate DNS server in Internet wi-fi connection
I'm using Android GSM mobile phone hotspot in order to get Internet in my laptop. Hotspot provides me IP and DNS server address. But I would like to use DNS server from Google I usually use 8.8.8.8. ...
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Windows, duplicate network connection
I want to duplicate current connected wired network connection in Windows 10 and then change its DNS so I can switch between them when I need. Although I can change DNS of connection and revert that; ...
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DNS responses are not used by the system but nslookup works
I am setting up a Windows computer. It is a rather strange setup, but it is necessary my company's workflows developed on Linux will also work here. I will add background information to the end. But ...
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Windows 10 blocking piratebay
Yesterday I installed windows 10 on my new SSD. Everything went fine until I tried to access thepiratebay.org or any other of its clones. I tried it in chrome and received an error: this site cant be ...
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How to configure a private DNS server on Windows 10?
Android supports Cloudfare's private DNS 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com.
But on Windows 10 I couldn't find a way to set up anything other than IPv4 and IPv6 DNS.
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Why is DNS apparently involved in typing "dir" on Windows 10? [duplicate]
For complicated reasons, I have been forced to make an identical copy of cmd.exe and rename it to cmd-2.exe, which I put a shortcut to in the Taskbar. The reason is purely to have them "grouped" in ...
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How do I set my DNS Server setting in Windows, if I have no network adapter
So I only have one Network Adapter "Wifi" where I have set DNS server to 127.0.0.1.
But sometime there is no Wifi Connection, and Windows (at least Chrome/Firefox) stop using this configured DNS ...
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How can I make Windows 10 use the same DNS which is used on my phone?
I would like to know, how can I make Windows 10 use the same DNS which my phone is using?
I use my phone as a hotspot and even if I change my DNS to the one that I want to use, the laptop does not ...
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Windows DNS stops working after power failure
I never had this issue before but in my new home, from time to time I experience power failures while working on my computer. After restarting my Internet Connection is no longer working on that ...
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