I have a setup where there is a comcast modem and a firewall. The firewall is acting as the DHCP server and handing out ip addresses. The comcast modem is only acting as a modem. The firewall had a ...

I recently purchased an ASA 5505, which I'm beginning to configure for a home network, for hobby and added security (hopefully). The network is a simple one, an "inside" network for a few wired ...

Netgear routers often use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, to acquire an IP address from your Internet service provider. If you need to know the IP address of your Netgear router and ...

Does a static IP address make file transfers go faster than using DHCP IP addresses? No, Dr. Internet says. Did you really mean to say, in an earlier column, that using a static IP address will make ...

An IP address is a unique identifier for a specific device on your network. Your router assigns them to these devices using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). As you connect new devices to ...

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 ...

VitalQIP is fast and scalable, Meta IP offers security and useful reports and ApplianSys’ DNSBox 300 is an easy-to-deploy plug-and-play device. When your company’s IP address list begins to rival the ...

Rich Long found that he could not get his MacSense XRouter Pro (MIH-130A) to work with DHCP and Mac OS X 10.0.2. But he found a solution. He writes: "The symptom I saw was that the Mac would receive ...

An IP address is a unique identifier for a specific device on your network. Your router assigns them to these devices using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). As you connect new devices to ...