If your company network is having problems and you need to troubleshoot it, you also need to know some basic information about the computers on the network. Internet Protocol is the underlying ...

OK, so I have a subnet (192.168.11.0) that currently has all servers and clients on it. It's running out of addresses. So, I create a new subnet (192.168.12.0) and change my DHCP server (Fortigate ...

This is the first of many technical blog posts I’m going to post on IPv6 architecture and implementation for a Microsoft Windows-based environment. I started off with a basic introduction of the IPv4 ...

If you are experiencing trouble with your network connection and have it configured to DHCP, figuring out your IP address can be quite a task. Using a Static IP Address helps avert IP address ...

If you're looking to segment a TCP/IP network, subnetting is not your only option. CIDR, or supernetting, is another way to accomplish the task and offers some unique solutions. Here's how to use ...

I am using a strongSwan IPSec gateway for Windows 7 and Server 2008 based clients on the same subnet. The Windows VPN client requires a virtual ip address to be assigned by the IPsec gateway. What I ...

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