GPO: force DNS computer registration

In this tutorial, I will explain how to force DNS registration of computers by Group Policy (GPO) in an Active Directory environment. Maintaining a clean, up-to-date DNS (Active Directory) zone is not easy, especially with dynamic computer registration. The first step is the activation of automatic cleaning, but it happens that once this is activated, …

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Testing the bandwidth on a local network with iPerf

IPerf overview iPerf is a client / server command line utility that allows you to perform bandwidth testing on a local network between two machines. iPerf will make it possible to perform a throughput test and to diagnose a possible bottleneck on a network between two points. By opening the appropriate ports, it is also …

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Windows firewall, force domain profile

In this tutorial, I will explain how to change the network profile of the firewall on Windows. It happens that after a restart, the profile of the firewall goes private, we will see how to change it back to the domain profile. The connection profile on a network adapter is especially useful when different firewall …

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