Just as Internet Protocol address or IP address gives an identification to your device, similarly, the hostname is another parameter through which you can recognize your device. It is a string of human understandable characters. Unlike IP address, hostname of
When installing an Ubuntu server or desktop, it is important to know how to configure and view network settings. It’s also useful for troubleshooting problems with your Internet connection. Basic network configuration includes setting the IP address, the subnet mask
If you are a regular Linux user or a system administrator, you might require to set up networking on your system. Unlike the desktop systems where you can use dynamic configurations, you will have to do specific configurations on servers
As Ubuntu users, we may want to know if we are the only ones using our network, especially the WLAN, or if there are other unwanted users exploiting our network bandwidth. This capability and knowledge are also helpful when we
This article is about editing the /etc/hosts file on a Debian 11 system. But let us first see what the Hosts file is. Understanding the Hosts File All operating systems keep hosts files on a machine to translate hostnames to
All operating systems with network support have a hosts file to translate hostnames to IP addresses. Whenever you open a website by typing its hostname, your system will read through the hosts file to check for the corresponding IP and
Sometimes you need to find out which devices are connected to your network. There can be several reasons for this. Maybe your Internet is running slower than usual, you notice suspicious activity that suggests someone is stealing your Wi-Fi, or
Dealing with pictures on your computer, you might have come across EXIF data without knowing what it is. Images with EXIF data reveal all the details about a photo, such as where and when it was taken as well as
It’s quite common to end up with many copies of the same file on your computer while working with huge volumes of media and documents. Eventually, you’ll end up with a mess of files and an additional storage shortage due
Every user that is new to the Linux environment must need to know about the directory navigation and file management commands. In Linux, each command is used for a particular purpose that performs well for the specified task. The tool
