We just saw that the mask determines where the boundary between the network and host portions of the IP address lies. This boundary is important: If it is set too far to the right, there are lots of ...

I run an FTP server on my machine from time to time to transfer files from my computer to a home computer or to friends. I used to have a permenant IP address when I lived in the dorms. I now live in ...

Systems administrators differ on the helpfulness of assigning static IP addresses for networked printers. Leaving the printers set to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, would be the ...

Few things are as aggravating as sending an important business document to your networked printer only to observe complete silence from the printer and no error ...