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  • DNS Server Configuration on CentOS 7 (Caching DNS with BIND)

    DNS (Domain Name System) Server is an essential part to any computer network. Today web communication cannot imagine without DNS Server. DNS is a client server protocol where DNS Client requests for the domain name resolution and DNS Server response on it. Every network should have a DNS Server because local DNS Server improves network performance by caching DNS information and serving DNS request locally. DNS Server can be configured either Windows or Linux operating system. In this article, I will discuss how to configure a caching DNS Server on CentOS 7/ RedHat 7 Linux with BIND9 Service. Domain Name System (DNS) and How It Works Communication between a workstation (PC) and a Server are always done by IP address. So, to get any information from any Web Server, you have to remember the IP address of that Server. But remembering a huge number of public IP addresses is almost impossible for the human being. To solve this issue, DNS technique is introduced in computer networking. The DNS technique can be best compared to a phone book where a user finds a phone number listed by the easier-to-remember name. So, the DNS can be defined as a mapper between human [...]

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    Computer Networking Basics |   February 10, 2017

    Computer networking is a buzzword to the present world. By the virtue of computer networking, the world has become just like a village. So, anyone of the world can communicate with any person of the world within seconds as if they are living in a village. Computer networking does not mean a single element. A lot of networking elements and protocol work behind a computer networking. So, the computer guys who are interested to learn how computer networking works should [...]

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    MikroTik Router Auto Backup via Email |   August 23, 2016

    MikroTik Router is popularly used not only in ISP network but also in enterprise office network. So, MikroTik is a popular item to network administrator. A regular task of a network administrator is to keep and store router configuration file backup. Almost every network administrator takes configuration file backup manually. But MikroTik Router has an E-mail tool by which network administrators can automate configuration file backup regularly via email and can reduce his daily manual task easily. E-mail tool is [...]

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    MikroTik Load Balancing and Link Redundancy with ECMP |   October 28, 2016

    Load balancing and link redundancy is the main concern to any network administrator. Because, they always want to keep live their network 24/7. If you have multiple WAN connections, you can easily make a load balancing as well as link redundancy network with MikroTik Router. Different types of load balancing and link redundancy are present in MikroTik Router. ECMP Load Balancing is one of them. ECMP is so easy to implement and it provides an perfect load balancing solution. In this [...]

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    Linux Text Editor |   September 7, 2017

    Everything is file in Linux operating system. So, anyone who wants to work with Linux operating system (specially, Red Hat or CentOS) must learn how to edit files in Linux operating system. Because, it is always prefer to avoid graphical user interface (GUI) for changing system configuration parameters in Linux operating system unlike Windows operating system.  You should be expert enough to edit any file in Red hat Linux operating system  otherwise you will face a lot of difficulty to [...]

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    How to Install VMware ESXi VMvisor on VMware Workstation |   December 28, 2020

    There is no doubt that VMware vSphere is the pioneer in virtualization world. Day by day IT infrastructure is converting to virtualization where VMware vSphere is providing more features than any other virtualization software. VMware ESXi is the foundation of VMware vSphere. VMware ESXi is a bare metal hypervisor. So, a physical server is required to install VMware ESXi. Physical servers are usually costly and beginners or researchers cannot always arrange such a high priced physical server to install ESXi [...]

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    MikroTik WiFi MAC Authentication with UserMan RADIUS Server |   December 23, 2019

    MikroTik Wireless Router is popularly used as WiFi AP. MikroTik WiFi AP has a lot of features to tune WiFi network as your requirements. MAC authentication is one the amazing and useful features in MikroTik WiFi. MAC authentication enables filtering MAC address that means no MAC can be able to connect to WiFi AP without authentication.  MAC authentication can be done either local database or RADIUS Server. MAC authentication with RADIUS Server provides facility to manage multiple APs from centralized [...]

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    How to Block WiFi Access although Password is Known |   April 23, 2024

    We usually get internet connection from any ISP and buy any WiFi Router and then configure wireless/AP with password and configure DHCP Server to get connection from own WiFi devices. We use these WiFi Routers/APs at home, office, workspace or any other public places. Usually, we get connected to our WiFi using our provided WiFi password. Initially there will be no problem to keep your network safe using password authentication. But day by day your password will be known by [...]

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    NGINX Web Server Installation and Configuration in Ubuntu |   September 7, 2024

    NGINX is a feature rich and high-performance software which is mainly used for Web Server. NGINX can also be used as a proxy server, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP Cache Server. NGINX is a free and open-source software and can be run on Linux, Windows. macOS and other operating systems. NGINX is a single-thread based application. So, it can handle unlimited client requests using asynchronous technique. NGINX processes highly efficient run loops in a single-thread process called workers. Workers accept [...]

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    MikroTik VPN Configuration with Site-to-Site PPTP |   February 19, 2018

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a technology that provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network and using this VPN tunnel a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik PPTP is a popular client-server VPN service that provides a secure and encrypted link across public network. MikroTik PPTP can be applied in two methods. Connecting remote workstation/client: In this [...]

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