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 ...

If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) didn’t exist, network administrators would have to manually parcel out IP addresses from the available pool, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your WiFi router says Failed to obtain IP address from DHCP Server, restart your router and see if the issue appears again. If yes, you can try the solutions provided below: The issue you are ...

The DHCP Lookup Failed problem indicates that your PC was unable to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server. To interact with the router and the internet, each device requires an IP address. DHCP ...

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 ...