Windows hosts file In Windows, the hosts file is a text file that the operating system uses to map hostnames to IP addresses. It is located in the System 32 folder in Windows 10 at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. You can change the IP address that a given website resolves to on your computer by editing the hosts […]
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The firewall will occasionally prevent trustworthy programs from connecting to the internet, but Windows 10 makes it simple to adjust the settings to manually let apps over the firewall. Windows 10 has various security measures that safeguard your device and data from unwanted access, viruses, and other threats, including a strong built-in firewall known as
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In a perfect world, you’d connect all of your gadgets to a single Wi-Fi network and be instantly connected to the internet, but that doesn’t always happen. Perhaps your hotel only has one Ethernet connection, or perhaps your airline’s Wi-Fi costs you per device, and you’d like to pay once for your laptop and phone.
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Some users have reported on forums that the Windows Firewall has disabled some of the app’s functionality and that the notice keeps appearing on a frequent basis. That notification box appears whenever people launch the specified program (which generally needs a network connection), such as Chrome, iTunes, Spotify, Kodi, Edge, and so on. It is
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An issue with your computer’s DNS cache might cause problems connecting to the internet. If you’ve tried the standard fixes, such as cleaning your browser cache and cookies, flushing Windows 10’s DNS may help. What Does the DNS Cache Do? A Domain Name System (DNS) server is responsible for converting well-known domain names into the
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We are becoming increasingly reliant on our mobile devices, to the point where many users have abandoned the desktop. To that end, we’re using GBs of data. So it’s nice to be able to see how much data you’re using at a glance and control what’s using the data. Check Your Cellular Data Usage To
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There are several methods for printing files from your Android phone. Not only has Android improved its printing capabilities, but the best inkjet and photo printers have received new features to support wireless printing. We’ll be focusing on Android devices in this guide. Print Using Google Cloud Print Google Cloud Print is a technology that
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Using a custom DNS server is a simple way to increase your online privacy and security. Changing the DNS server on your Android smartphone is similar to changing the DNS server on other platforms. We’ll demonstrate how it works. DNS is an abbreviation for “Domain Name System,” and it connects web servers to their domain
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As Ubuntu users, we may want to know if we are the only ones using our network, particularly our wireless network, or if there are any other unwanted users using our bandwidth. This ability is also useful when we want to verify that no hacker is using our network to gain access to our system.
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) FTP is a simple method for wirelessly transferring files from your Android device – mobile or tablet – to a PC on a local network. In this case, your Android device serves as the server, and your PC serves as the client. To transfer files via FTP between an Android device
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