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Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook
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Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook

by Jordan Krause
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
248 pages
7h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating a DHCP reservation for a specific server or resource

In a simple DHCP scope, any device that connects and asks for an IP address is handed whatever IP is next available within the scope. If you have a device for which you always want to keep the same IP address, you could manually configure the NIC properties with a static IP address. Otherwise, a more centralized way to assign a particular IP to the same device on a long-term basis is to use a DHCP reservation. Using a reservation in DHCP to assign an IP to a device makes a lot of sense, because you can see that reservation right in the DHCP console and you don't have to worry about keeping track of the static IP addresses that you have configured out in the field. Let's walk through ...

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