Ars Technica

DHCP Reservation VS Static IP

I always use the router as a DHCP server not Windows server. I obviously wan static IPs on certain network hardware. What is the best practice in implementing this: using DHCP reservations in the ...
Ars Technica

DHCP reservations? do you use them?

i've been using DHCP reservations for certain things in my infrastructure, what do you use them for? -APC SmartSlot cards - i set them up locally to not need the vendor specific DHCP flag, and then ...
Small Business Computing

Networking With Address Reservations

When it comes time to add a new device to your network, there are two different methods by which you can obtain an IP address: either manually using a static address or automatically by using your ...
Network World

DHCP defined and how it works

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

DHCP: How to work with user classes on Windows

'Scopes' and 'classes' of IP addresses can help to logically organize address ranges by users and devices within Windows DHCP Server. Whether in an existing network or a new one, there is an aspect of ...