Open up Windows command prompt and enter the following command:

netstat -o

This will output a list of ports, along with the PID (process ID) as shown in the screenshot below:

To clear your DNS cache, enter the following in Windows Command Prompt:

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ipconfig /flushdns

An example of flushing DNS cache on Windows 7:

For more info on clearing DNS cache, refer to CPanel documentation. It provides a good explanation on why we need to clear our DNS cache.

To check the progress of your DNS propagation, try out http://www.whatsmydns.net/.

Enter your domain name and check its A and NS records to see whether those random DNS has updated it.

I must admit this is a very useful online tool to use.

When you are not using Singnet lousy modem given to you during sign up, you will have to specify some of the parameters for your third-party modem/router in order to connect to the Internet.

Calling their technical support will be waste of time because most of them don’t really know what is the problem or bringing you go 1 big round.

Ahh… so some of the parameters required to specify for Singnet are as below:

Encapsulation: PPPoE
Multiplexing method: LLC-based
VPI: 0
VCI: 100
MTU: 1400

Well, if your modem or router support the configuring of MTU, then set it to 1400. Don’t ask me why.

Intruding into others privacy is a @^#%$#$ thing. Sometime, people might as a P2P peers tracking your download and speeds during your torrent session.

In order to prevent this, PeerGuardian protects your privacy over the P2P network. This is very good when you are always on torrent.

More information can be found below:
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/