It is possible for hackers to trick you by using IP snooping, but you can get protection with a Dynamic IP address or a Static IP address. The question is, which one is better? This is not an easy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Been working on this most of the day now without any real solution. I'm trying to put together a file server using NFS for my small home LAN. All 3 boxes (including the server) are running SuSE 9.0 ...

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 ...

I just got a Zyxel Modem from Century Link and 5 usable Static IPs in a block of 8. I configured the modem for "transparent bridging" and configured the PPOE credentials on a DD-WRT router and now it ...

Computers on your business' network are usually assigned dynamic IP addresses, but dynamic addressing is one more possible point of failure on your network. If your network's name services go down, ...

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 ...

If there is no Internet after setting Static IP Address, reboot your computer and see if you can connect to the network. If that does not help, follow the solutions mentioned below. First, restart ...

An Internet Protocol (IP) Address is the unique network identifier of a particular computer or other network device. It is assigned - and changes - each time a computer or device connects to the CWRU ...