My general rule of thumb with DNS is to leave it alone, because I don't understand it's workings. But I need to mess with it for a client. Say my local domain is contoso.local. And I have a ...

Your DNS settings atter your browsing experience on a fundamental level, which means using the right DNS server can have immediate effects. Here's how to do it.

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