DHCP is fine, unless you're looking to perform advanced networking tasks. Here's how to set a Static IP address (or DHCP reservation) for any device on your network.

Checking your computer's IP address every time you need it can get tedious. Here's how to set up DHCP reservations on your router so that each computer in your house has the same IP address all the ...

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 ...

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 ...