Checking the tech specs can be handy when replacing a hardware component or troubleshooting a problem, and this guide will ...

Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...

You’ve heard about it before: an unknown online assailant has been inundating someone in your town with bothersome messages. Luckily, even though that person’s profile may be devoid of identifying ...

When we use a VPN, our original IP is hidden, and the computer uses the IP address provided by the VPN. It makes sure that when you are visiting or accessing geo-blocked websites, you are not ...

DHCP is fine, unless you're looking to perform advanced networking tasks. Here's how to set a Static IP address (or DHCP reservation) for any device on your network. An IP address is a unique ...

I have a user who's machine is not pingable on our network, using computer hostname or associated IP. However, in troubleshooting this, I see that the IP the machine actually has does not resolve to ...