ADSL: DNS servers are set up for free

It is an indisputable fact that the speed of Internet connection in China is not satisfactory, so many netizens work hard to maximize the speed of Internet access. At that time, the network tools and software such as quick CAT whip and NetAnts were favored by netizens. However, most people ignore an important link that affects the speed of Internet access, that is, domain name resolution.
As we all know, each server connected to the Internet has a unique IP address, which is called a digital website. However, IP addresses like 202.96.134.133 are obviously obscure and difficult to remember. Therefore, people use URLs (Uniform Resource positioning characters) to represent website addresses, such as www.micosoft.com, which is called a text URL, to a large extent, it makes up for the shortcomings of IP addresses, which is not only easy to remember, but also intuitive. However, when you browse and download software on the Internet, the entered text URL must first be resolved to the corresponding IP address through the domain name resolution server DNS, then you can make a real connection, so every ISP has a DNS. When you enter a text URL in the address bar of your browser, it first connects to your ISP's domain name resolution server to find its IP address. If it cannot be found, connect to the DNS on the previous layer to continue the query. Currently, only five master-level DNS servers have a complete IP address list on the Internet. Therefore, when you connect to a text URL, some time is spent in unnecessary IP address queries. Imagine how nice it would be if you had a comprehensive IP address list in your computer and read the IP address directly from your computer every time you connect! This is not a dream, because FastNet99 can make your dream come true.

I. FastNet99 introduction:

FastNet99 is a free software and has won the famous ZDNet Five Star Award in the United States. Its latest version is version 3.1. FastNet99 3.1.0 downloaded from the Internet is a ZIP compression software with a size of 1.68M. decompress the software such as WINZIP to run the SETUP. EXE file to enter the standard WINDOWS software installation process. After the installation is complete, run FastNet99 in the "Start"> "program"> "FastNet99" program group to start the program and go to main interface 1 ). The FastNet99 interface is very simple. There are four menus and toolbar in the top, Add in the middle), Eidt editing), Options, Bookmarks, and History, you can perform most operations through them. At the bottom is the three status bar, which displays the number of servers in the current IP list, recent operations, and IP addresses of the current computer in turn.

Ii. Usage:

FastNet99 uses multiple methods to modify the Hosts document IP address list in the Windows directory, therefore, the speed of Internet access can be improved to a certain extent. Over time, the speed improvement will be more obvious.

I. Four methods to add IP addresses:

1. Scan History: this function is implemented through the History option card. FastNet99 allows users to scan historical records in the browser and add accessed URLs to the IP address list. Microsoft Internet, Netscape Communicator, and Opera are the three main Web browsers that store historical directories or files: c: windowshistory, fat. db, and global. dat. Generally, when you press Search the Registry to Search for the Registry, the software will soon be able to correctly Search for the installed browsers in the system and locate the historical records. Then, press the Scan button, and the software starts to Scan the IP address of the accessed website. Of course, you must make sure that you are online. After the scan is completed, the specific results are displayed in the intermediate status bar.

2. Scan favorites bookmarks): In addition to scanning history, FastNet99 can also scan the favorites bookmarks of the preceding three browsers. Click the Bookmark tab ). The specific implementation method is the same as above. Note that the favorites bookmarks for IE, NC, and Opera3.xx are respectively: windowsfavarites bookmark.htm and opera3.adr files.

3. manually Add: The Add tab provides great convenience for users to manually Add an IP list. The software provides two ways to manually add: Find IP) and Find URLs ). When you select "IP Lookup", a text input box appears below, where you enter the text url you want to find, such as: http://www.chinabytecom, and then press OK. If any, DONE is displayed. Otherwise, an error message is displayed. FastNet99 is very fast in searching for IP addresses. If you select "Search for URLs", there will be two input boxes, set the IP address range to search for, the program will search for all text URLs in this range for you, the purpose is to add the scanned URL to the IP address list.

4. Merge the IP address list: if you have an IP address list or an IP address list on the DNS of the ISP, you can use the HostsMerge program that comes with the software, it changes your computer into a small DNS, But it seems too exaggerated. 2) Edit the IP address list: Click the Edit tab to Edit the IP address list. You can delete, copy, and verify the data. Fill in the URL field in the bottom Fast URLs Search quick URLs Search). The software will find the URL as quickly as the Intelligent Input in the IE5.0 URL bar. You can not only edit it, you can also Ping the URL Information by pressing the Ping button in the toolbar, which is very convenient. In addition, the software also provides the alias function for the website, but the effect is not ideal in actual use.

Iii. Advanced Settings:

It is enough to master the above methods, but if you want the software to better serve you, you must set it. On the Options tab), you can customize FastNet99. Click Options to go to software setting Screen 3 ). General) allows you to customize how the software works. There are eight check boxes:

Always visible: Keep the software running on the front end

Find addresses in background: The backend query address.

Add shortcut cut to the desktop: Add the software shortcut icon on the Windows desktop

Start automatically with Windows: Start with Windows

Start minimized: minimizes a program after it runs.

Stop on error: Software termination when an error occurs

Save size and position: Save the size of the program interface and the position on the screen

Show splash screen on startup: displays the software information when the software is started.

Select the check box and then press the Apply button. However, some options will take effect the next time you start the software. To restore the Default settings of a program, click the Default button.

The others are relatively simple. Here I will briefly introduce them:

Add): Set the method for entering the address on the Add tab.

Edit: Set the program for opening and editing the Hosts file.

Batch: Set Batch entries.

Ping: set the parameters when you Ping the website, such as the number of connections and the interval.

Iv. usage experience:

Although you do not need to keep FastNet99 in the memory when surfing the Internet, once the IP address list is updated, it will automatically refer to the content each time you access the Internet, which can save valuable system resources for you, however, if you want to update the IP address list at any time during the connection, you 'd better keep it in the memory. In addition, the IP addresses of a few websites on the Internet are dynamic, such as the famous Yahoo website www.yahoo.com) and ICQ website icq.mirabilis.com), so you can click the ignore list button on the toolbar, such websites are excluded from the IP address list.

5. Software Download:

Now, you have a DNS of your own. If you are interested in FastNet99, you can go to its website http://members.eploit.it/gcriaco) download, but because the connection speed of the website is slow, so I suggest you download from the famous "100,000 why" website, yes: http://why100000.com/_ftps/net/fastnet99.rar

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