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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 ...

Hello.<P>I'm hoping some of you can give me some advice on whether to continue using DHCP on the network I'm in charge of at work. There are about 50 workstations and 10 or so servers. <P>Right now, ...

A: No, using static addresses is not magically faster than using DHCP addresses. The goal in that article was to get two PCs on the same physical network segment onto the same IP subnet, so that the ...

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 ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

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 ...