DNS works as the telephone directory for the Internet, and when it works, it's seamless to the user. But along with the growing move to self-host services comes a push to run DNS servers at home, ...

Setting up a Home Assistant server is the perfect way to repurpose an old computer and unlock a world of smart home ...

As far as consumer network hardware goes, we’re all expected to be pretty happy with 802.11n WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 6 cables. For most home users, that’s plenty of bandwidth for streaming ...

The just-released Windows Home Server (WHS) from Microsoft Corp. is a surprisingly powerful networking tool that offers some of the sophisticated networking capabilities you would expect from big-boy ...

Q: I have four computers in my home network and have been reading with great interest about the new “Microsoft Windows Home Server” software. I am setting up the server and my software will arrive ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo points you in the general direction of how to access your home network remotely using a Dynamic DNS service. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since ...

Currently I have an IBM-P4 (WinXP), & HP-P3 (Win98), connected via a PIX 501. This setup shares the internet great. I also have an old IBM-P2 (WinXp), that I want to use soley as a home server.

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...

Sure, you can get a network attached storage device, or rely on somebody's cloud — but, I've run a Mac-based home server for a very long time. Why have I kept one running, and why should you start one ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

In a CNET Interview, Bill Gates says that everyone needs a "home server": If you have got multiple PCs than you want files that are available all the time no matter which PCs are turned on or off and ...