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What is (Computer) Networking?

In the world of computers, networking is the practice of linking two or more computing devices together for the purpose of sharing data. Networks are built with a mix of computer hardware and computer software. Area Networks Networks can be categorized in several different ways. One approach defines the type of network according to the geographic area it spans.Local area networks (LAN), for example, typically span a single home, school, or small office building, whereas wide area networks (WAN), reach across cities, states, or even across the world. The Internet is the world's largest public WAN. One way to categorize the different types of computer network designs is by their scope or scale. For historical reasons, the networking industry refers to nearly every type of design as some kind of area network. Common examples of area network types are: LAN - Local Area Network WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network WAN - Wide Area Network MAN - Metropolitan Area Network SAN - ...

Nslookup - Checking DNS Records on Windows

If you ever need to check the status of your DNS records, Windows has a built-in tool for just that task. There are a number of reasons you may want to do this, for example to check that any updates are correct or to troubleshoot issues accessing a particular service. Checking For a Record Getting an Authoritative Answer Checking When a Cached Record Will Expire Summary To access the tool you need to open up a command prompt, you should be able to find this under Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt Checking For a Record To check for a specific record you need to specifiy the record type, e.g. A, MX, TXT, and the host name you want to check. The following example shows how to check for any A records for rackspace.co.uk. C:\Users\Administrator>nslookup -type=A rackspace.co.uk Server: cachens1.lon.rackspace.com Address: 83.138.151.80 Non-authoritative answer: Name: rackspace.co.uk Address: 21...

Windows Usefull Commands Prompt Tricks

1. Use Ctrl-C to Abort a Command Just about any command can be stopped in its tracks with the abort command: Ctrl-C . If you haven't actually executed a command, you can just backspace and erase what you've typed, but if you've already executed it then you can do a Ctrl-C to stop it. Warning: Ctrl-C isn't a magic wand and it can't undo things that aren't undoable, like a partially complete format command . However, for things like the dir command that seem to go on forever or questions you're asked at the prompt that you don't know the answer to, the abort command is an excellent Command Prompt trick to know. 2. View a Command's Results One Page (or Line) at a Time Ever run a command, like the dir command, that produces so much information on the screen that it's almost useless? You're not alone. One way around this is to execute the command in a special way so whatever information is generated is shown to you one p...

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