Jack Wallen walks you through the process of giving a standard user sudo privileges so they can set a static IP address on Debian server. Debian is one of the most reliable operating systems on the ...

It's imperative for sys admins to manage IP addressing properly, even in simple networks. Routers, firewalls and monitoring tools all use IP addresses to uniquely identify and organize network devices ...

Before your business's computer or server can be used for Web hosting, it must be set up with a static IP address. Windows is set to use dynamic IP addresses by default, which means that your computer ...

When your sign up for Internet access on behalf of your company or purchase Web hosting for your company's Web servers, you will purchase either a dynamic IP address, a single static IP address or a ...

In recent issues of this and the Convergence newsletters (see the Convergence newsletter archives), we opined that there were few reasons why you would need a static IP address for a residential ...

Network nodes require an IP address configuration that typically includes the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway IP address for the router, name servers and other values. Administrators can ...

When you need a Linux system to have a static IP address rather than one that is set dynamically by DHCP, all that's required is some configuration changes and a restart. Follow these steps to make ...

As I'm ramping up with IPv6 here I keep running into plenty of "how should this be done?" moments. End user subnets are easy, enable SLAAC, some DHCPv6 for DNS and let the hosts pick their own ...

A permanent numeric identification assigned by the network administrator to a node in a TCP/IP network. Static IP addresses are used for shared resources such as Web servers, printers, telephone PBXs ...

Do you know if you have DHCP running? Don't you have a group that manages your network and the addresses? They would be the ones to assign addresses to those systems and make any DNS updates if ...

Most people understand that when you connect to the internet, your internet service provider assigns your modem and network an internet protocol (IP) address. That's your external or public-facing IP.