13-7LESSON 1 CONFIGURING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TCP/IPADDRESSING INFORMAT...
13-7Lesson 1 Configuring and Troubleshooting TCP/IP
addressing information. Typically, most computers on a network should be configured
to obtain IP addresses automatically because automatic addressing eliminates most of
the errors and administrative overhead associated with assigning static IP addresses to
clients. However, even in a DHCP-enabled environment, you should assign a static IP
address to selected network computers. For example, the computer running the DHCP
Service cannot be a DHCP client, so it must have a static IP address. If the DHCP Ser-
vice is not available, you can also configure TCP/IP to use a static IP address. For each
network adapter card that uses TCP/IP in a computer, you can configure an IP address,
subnet mask, and default gateway, as shown in Figure 13-2.
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Figure 13-2 Configuring a static TCP/IP address in Windows XP Professional