From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) Cert Prep: 6 Networking
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Working with DNS
From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) Cert Prep: 6 Networking
Working with DNS
- If you want to use DNS on your individual systems, you're going to have to set it up. Now, first of all, DNS is provided by your DHCP server. So if you're using DHCP, well then by golly, you should already have a DHCP server. Let's check on this system right here. To see what my DNS server is, I'm going to run ipconfig with the /all option. Now, if I run this, we should see it here. Here's my DNS servers. I only have one, and it's a local DNS server that's right here within my local area network. Doesn't have to be. With DHCP, it's actually pretty easy to set this stuff up. However, there are situations where you might want to statically configure your DNS. Let's do that right now. So I'm going to head once again over to my network and sharing center. Click on change adapter settings. Right click on the one I'm interested in. I'm going to select properties, and once again, I'm dealing with IP version four.…
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Introduction to TCP/IP14m 10s
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Network IDs and subnet masks4m 34s
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Special IP addresses9m 14s
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Network address translation (NAT)7m 11s
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Dynamic IP addressing9m 39s
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Working with connections9m 2s
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Understanding DNS10m 56s
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Working with DNS7m 3s
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Windows naming6m 1s
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Working with workgroups7m 26s
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Working with active directory13m 38s
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Windows sharing with macOS and Linux7m 5s
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The net command4m 15s
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Routers11m 24s
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Basic router configuration11m 49s
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Firewall configuration10m 38s
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Windows firewall7m 44s
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Port forwarding7m 12s
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Advanced router configuration6m 6s
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Virtual LANs (VLANs)8m 4s
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