IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well. As IP technology has matured, the range of devices that the internet protocol ...

When I joined the company, I noted that a lot of name lookups were failing or pointing at the wrong machines. I also noted a staggering amount of old, outdated DNS records. Scavenging appeared to be ...

I'm implementing an AD configuration, along with the required DNS infrastructure. The AD server is Windows 2008 R2, with Forest and Domain functional levels of Windows Server 2008 R2. We need to ...

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 ...

Domain Name System and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol are the foundation of essential network configuration and communication, especially DNS. Internal and external network access could not work ...

Addressing some essential prerequisites before initiating the IPAM setting process is necessary. The first step is to ensure that the server is operating on a supported Windows server version and is ...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important, yet lesser-known aspects of browsing the internet. In a nutshell, it’s responsible for converting a domain name (like google.com) to an IP ...

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 ...

Brien Posey shows how to configure Microsoft's tool for auto discovery and the management of IP addresses, which can improve administration of Group Policies. One of the new features Microsoft gave us ...