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David Kim

Networking & Protocols Specialist

David writes about networking fundamentals, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack monitoring, DNS, and the protocol-level details that affect website availability.

Articles by David Kim

10 Most Common Monitoring Errors and How to Fix Them Why Your Website Appears Down in Some Countries but Not Others ICMP Ping Monitoring - Common Mistakes and How to Get Accurate Uptime Checks TCP/Port Monitoring - Why It Matters (and How to Do It Right) HTTP vs TCP Monitoring - What’s the Difference (and Why You Need Both) Why Ping Monitoring Alone Is Not Enough (and What to Use Instead) Ping vs TCP Monitoring: How to Ensure Your Servers Are Always Reachable My Minecraft Server Pinged Fine. Nobody Could Play On It. Here's What I Learned About Layered Monitoring. HTTP Error Codes Decoded: What 500, 502, 504 Actually Mean at the Protocol Level IPv4 vs IPv6 Monitoring: Why Tracking Both Separately Protects Your Revenue Dual-Stack Pitfalls: When IPv4 Works Fine but IPv6 Fails Silently Why You Need Two Uptime Checks (Not One) and How to Set Them Up in 10 Minutes Common IPv6 Connectivity Issues I Have Actually Debugged (and How Monitoring Catches Them) Testing IPv6 Connectivity by Hand: dig, ping6, curl, traceroute and What Each Command Actually Tells You IPv6 and Hidden Downtime: How My Friend's Phone Exposed a Problem I Didn't Know I Had DNS Is Your Site's Phone Book. Here Is What Happens When the IPv6 Entry Goes Stale. "Our IPv6 Is Broken." A Decision-Maker's Guide to Understanding the Diagnosis. Your Website Is the Front Door. Your Database, Email Server, and APIs Each Have Their Own Doors. Are You Watching All of Them? Uptime Graphs Explained: A Business Owner's Guide to Reading Your Monitoring Dashboard IPv6 and CDNs: When Your CDN Works on IPv4 but Fails on IPv6 Why My Discord Community Could See Downtime That My PC Couldn't: Mobile Networks, IPv6, and the Invisible Gap Monitoring Subdomains: The Hidden Downtime That Quietly Costs You Customers Is Your Game Port Blocked? How to Find Out Without a Networking Degree Why Users Report Issues Before Your Monitoring Alerts Fire