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(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

Let's talk about proxy servers. Proxy servers are often confused with virtual private networks (VPNs) because their network architectures are very similar. But proxies and VPNs are very different ...

Two servers cannot have the same IP address. When you are using VPN you are going over the Internet which means the IP address you try to connect to will have to be a valid, (not 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

Google's John Mueller for the umpteenth time said that sharing IP addresses and/or having your site on a shared server and/or using a CDN that does all of that, is fine for Google Search, SEO and ...

Using a VPN for Japan allows you to connect to a server in the country to give you a Japanese IP address. This guide shows you how and the best VPNs for the job. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a ...