Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

Rocky Linux has become one of the de facto standard replacements for CentOS. Not only is it a drop-in replacement for RHEL, but the maintainer Gregory Kurtzer has made it clear Rocky Linux will always ...

Configuring TCP/IP settings in Windows is a fundamental skill for anyone looking to troubleshoot network issues. It could come in handy when you are trying to set up a home server or want more control ...

IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well. As IP technology has matured, the range of devices that the internet protocol ...

All Windows Server operating systems support Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) that businesses can use to assign IP addresses to computers on the company network automatically. DHCP lets ...

A few months back, I put together a big fat guide on how to configure DNS and DHCP on your LAN the old-school way, with bind and dhcpd working together to seamlessly hand out addresses to hosts on ...

It's miraculous how the various smart home gadgets and devices we own operate and exist in harmony with one another, especially given how meticulous the network configuration needs to be to make it ...

Systems administrators differ on the helpfulness of assigning static IP addresses for networked printers. Leaving the printers set to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, would be the ...