One of the things I have learned here is to keep everything set for DHCP on my home network. This is for simplicity and reliability while eliminating the need to muck around with static ips. But I ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

Years ago, I used to be a network administrator for an organization that had some rather odd security policies in place. One of the existing policies when I got there was that all computers had to be ...

In most home networks, a router’s DHCP service automatically assigns IP addresses to the devices, requiring little to no manual setup. That worked fine at first in my home, but over time, I began ...

A static IP address gives a fixed address to your computer on the local network at your business. Port forwarding is used by computers on the Internet to connect to a specific device on your internal ...