http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/410/all xx http://www.itworld.com/network-access-control/81979/dont-forget-dhcp When it comes to managing IP addresses, few of us would forget to track the IPs we assign manually to our WAN interfaces, servers, switches, and etc. However, once we decide to assign a DHCP scope to a subnet we tend to "set it and forget it". In many cases, this is a big mistake. http://www.itworld.com/network-access-control/81979/dont-forget-dhcp#comments Network access control Tip DHCP IP address network management Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:17:26 -0400 solarwinds 81979 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/59402/vista-oobe-part-3-networking-problem-some-routers Now that my sound function works, and I vented about the User Access Control, let's get to a serious problem: networking. If you've never heard the phrase “DHCP Broadcast Flag” before, you're in good company. DCHP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is the rock-solid protocol that assigns IP addresses to devices as they connect to the network. I say rock-solid, but that's before Microsoft's bizarre configuration change turned DHPC into a source of incredible frustration. I've been fighting networks for over two decades and never, ever had to worry about DHCP before, but that was before Microsoft's incompetence with Vista. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/59402/vista-oobe-part-3-networking-problem-some-routers#comments Career Small business Video DHCP networking routers Vista Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:07:17 -0500 James Gaskin 59402 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/remotely-obtain-mac-address-nlswindows-080509 In order to create a DHCP reservation, you need to know the MAC address of the computer. The MAC address is a unique link-layer address that identifies a network interface on a computer, and MAC addresses are generally hard-coded into network interfaces although they sometimes can be changed. Often when you purchase a computer the MAC address is displayed, either on a sticker on the system or in the computer's documentation. But not always. http://www.itworld.com/remotely-obtain-mac-address-nlswindows-080509#comments Operating systems Windows How-to DHCP MAC address Fri, 09 May 2008 17:05:31 -0400 jnaze 44595 at http://www.itworld.com