In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...

Few people would argue the importance of IP addresses to network operations, but many don’t make managing them a priority in their environment, especially in tough economic times. Recent research from ...

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

I've heard it rumored that some IP addresses are "faster" than others which is why some people prefer say 10.0.1.xxx over say 192.168.7.xxx. Is there any truth to these rumors? I use 207.202.191.xxx ...

When you think about networking, IP addresses are probably the first things that come to mind. But there’s another type of network address called a MAC address that actually forms the foundation upon ...

Private networks are formed by computers connected to each other but not to external networks or the Internet. Each computer in a private network occupies a private IP address space, meaning that no ...

An Internet Protocol address is a number that identifies a device in a network, though the term is often used to refer to a device on the Internet itself. An IP address is vital for transferring data ...

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