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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open the Server Manager and click on Manage > Add Roles and Features. Then, choose the Role-based or feature-based installation option and click the Next button. Next, choose the desired server from ...

This actually comes from NT/2k mojo because i asked about switching to Win2k server and setting up domains. My question has moved into the network matrix, so i'll post it here:<BR><BR>[original thread ...

How do I… Install and configure a DNS server in Windows Server 2008? Your email has been sent Without DNS, computers would have a very tough time communicating with ...

DHCP stands for dynamic host configuration protocol. What it does is dynamically assign network settings from a server. In other words, instead of having to configure the parameters related to how ...

OK, so I have a subnet (192.168.11.0) that currently has all servers and clients on it. It's running out of addresses. So, I create a new subnet (192.168.12.0) and change my DHCP server (Fortigate ...

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) started off as a solution you could use to manage all of your VMs across multiple hosts through a single pane. Over time, however, VMM has evolved into much ...

Typically when a network is under my control, I like my servers to have static IPs. Whether the IPs are truly static (hard-coded into network configuration files on the host) or whether I configure a ...