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 ...

I have a question for the networking gurus here. I've inherited a network here at work because I seem to be the computer geek. Getting to the question, our internet and network setup has our server ...

I have need of a really unobtrusive box to use as a DHCP server for an isolated network. Do any of the super-affordable routers (sub $200) allow the specification of any DHCP range? For example, I ...

• PC0 and PC1 are connected to Switch0. • Switch0 is connected to Router0 on FastEthernet0/0. • The router acts as a DHCP server for the connected LAN. Router0 FastEthernet0/0 192.168.50.1 255.255.255 ...

HCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol): Automatically assigns IP addresses and other network configuration parameters to devices on a network. This simplifies network administration. Steps to ...

Each time a computer, smart phone or another device accesses your local network, the router assigns an Internet Protocol address to the device. Most Linksys routers come with a default setting of 50 ...

Fairly niche question - I'm seeing my DHCP lease renewed every 30 minutes and get a DHCPv4 NAK (not acknowledged) message in the log. This causes the connection to be refreshed which takes ~3 seconds ...