Find yourself repeatedly manually accessing often used folders by using cd and tab completion? For instance when you open a new console and have to access a file or folder like the “repo” folder or the “hosts” file. Instead of typing the path each time. I found that creating simple aliases for paths I often use spares a lot of punching.
Good evening folks! This evening I am going through 8 command line tools for you can use to diagnose and resolve many network-related issues. Are you new to networking like me and need a helping hand with troubleshooting? This post goes through 8 command line tools and what purpose their serve, to get you started with network troubleshooting in Windows.
Played around with PowerShell in the spare time during our yearly business trip. This year we went to Tallinn in Estonia. I wanted to automate look up changes for DNS, instead of typing commands like “nslookup” or “Resolve-DnsName” now and then, to see if the DNS cache got updated. This ended with this script.
Of all troubles you can stumble upon with a computer, network issues might be one of the most frustrating. First instinct when an issue occurs is, “Oh, let me Google that”, and your”e opening the browser to find the message “This site can”t be reached” and you feel kind of helpless.
DNSSEC is an security extension to the domain name system (DNS). This makes it possible to check the reply to a domain lookup comes from the original source and lookup remains unchanged. If you’re not familiar with the DNS term on before hand, Let’s start with a simple explanation to understand the aspects of implementing DNSSEC.