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. An IP address is a unique ...

The nomenclature of the web is vast. But even though words become commonplace, people often don't know what they really mean. But they should. An IP address, for instance, is a ubiquitous part of the ...

You’ve heard about it before: an unknown online assailant has been inundating someone in your town with bothersome messages. Luckily, even though that person’s ...

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The best way to gain control over your small business or home network is to understand some networking basics. Here is a guide to get you started on learning about IP addresses and those other weird ...

The internet relies on a system of addresses that treats every computer, tablet and smartphone as a distinct device, allowing all of them to communicate with each other. Because many kinds of devices ...

Knowing your computer’s IP address is like knowing its digital location. It can help you connect to it in certain applications, or find out what it’s connecting to. Whether your interests in your ...

Before connecting a printer to a local area network, to prevent problems from occurring down the line, businesses should make sure that their networking, hardware and software setups will allow the ...

Your IP address is kind of like your computer’s networkable name-tag. It’s the numeric identifier your internet connection uses to catalogue your desktop or laptop, on top of all your mobile devices ...

I'm not really sure if this belongs here or in the MOS&SC forum, since it seems to be a Windows problem rather than a networking problem. Maybe you guys can correct me if I'm wrong (apologies in ...