Showing posts with label Subnet mask. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Subnet mask. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2011

How to Assign a Static IP Address in XP


 When organizing your home network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. Here we will take a look at doing it in XP

If you have a home network with several computes and devices, it’s a good idea to assign each of them a specific address. If you use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), each computer will request and be assigned an address every time it’s booted up. When you have to do troubleshooting on your network, it’s annoying going to each machine to figure out what IP they have.

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