CategoryComputer Network

Windows Hosts File – Complete Explanation

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To speak about “windows hosts file” you must have to know about the term “hosts” in information technology context and how do we connect to a host. What is a host ? A host in technology terms can be considered as a node in internet. A node in internet is nothing but a device that is connected to internet. It can be your computer, PDA or it can be a web server that is...

What is Cloud Storage [basics] ?

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At the rate of data growing in today’s world it makes no surprise that  Cloud Storage is also growing its importance. If you are a person who know about internet then you might know what a cloud in technical terms means. In general internet can be considered as a cloud. Even in term Cloud storage the cloud has the same meaning. So, If you now  read by applying the meaning of cloud to it...

Why Public Network is not safe and tips to keep yourself safe.

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How do you keep yourself safe in Internet ? I have already mentioned about privacy in internet  and internet is not that safe place you can think of and there is always a possibility to grab your data from internet . So , how public network is not safe ? You might have heard about hacking , There is much more probability to steal your data when you are on a public network by hackers. There are...

How to surf blocked sites from your college or office ?

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Do you got a problem in accessing a website from your school/college/company. One of the solution for this problem is Using Proxy. Proxy server acts as a surrogate of your system. You can set a proxy from your browser advanced network properties. Firewall filters and blocks a website by its content this is bypassed by proxy where data from website is fetched by proxy and transfered to you. There...

What is an IP and difference between static ip and public ip address?

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IP Address refers to Internet Protocol Address which uniquely points to your system in a network. But as number of computers in world are more in number here comes the concept of private network, A Private network will have only one PUBLIC IP and What internet service provider will do is that he creates his own PRIVATE IP’s in his network.In General Private IP network ranges are 192.168.1.1...