I'm helping a buddy out with fixing a failed domain controller. He had a very, very ungraceful demotion, as the SAM on his primary DC got corrupted with a hard disk failure (array lived but everything ...

If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) didn’t exist, network administrators would have to manually parcel out IP addresses from the available pool, which ...

If your WiFi router says Failed to obtain IP address from DHCP Server, restart your router and see if the issue appears again. If yes, you can try the solutions provided below: The issue you are ...

I have 3 Dell powerconnect 6200 series L3 switches coming this week and was wondering how best to configure them. They will be configure as "stacking" and we have multiple VLans that will be setup on ...

Have you ever scrolled through the Windows Server DHCP logs in the Notepad app while trying to troubleshoot something? Then you know that it's a tedious task. There are many alternatives to Notepad ...

Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) still assigns dynamic addresses for IPv4 networks, but two newer protocols – SLAAC and DHCPv6 – are vying to do the job for IPv6. Dynamic Host Configuration ...

The next version of the popular DHCP server Kea is gradually maturing, but before that, the manufacturer is releasing extensions as open source and for testing. The Kea-DHCP software package, which is ...

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 ...

This article is also available as a TechRepublic download. Most of the time, when a Windows related article talks about audit logs, those logs are security related. When it comes to the DHCP services ...