Question

You are the IT administrator for a small corporate network. The network uses a DHCP server for IP address configuration for most clients. In the Executive Office, the manager asked you to configure her laptop so that she can use it at home and at work. The laptop is currently configured with a static wireless connection for her home network, but the laptop is not connecting to the network while at the office. You need to configure the TCP/IP properties on the laptop to work on both networks. In this lab, your task is to complete the following: Record the laptop's static IP and DNS configuration settings. Configure the laptop to obtain IP and DNS addresses automatically. Create an alternate TCP/IP connection with the static settings.

Answer 1

The executive manager's laptop requires configuration to connect dynamically to the office network and maintain a static connection for home use. This involves recording the current static IP and DNS settings, setting these to be obtained automatically for office use, and establishing an alternate configuration with the static information.

Step-by-step explanation:

To configure the executive manager's laptop to work on both her home and office networks, we need to take several steps to adjust the TCP/IP settings. First, we have to record the current static IP configuration designed for her home network:

1. Go to 'Control Panel' and then 'Network and Sharing Center'.
2. Click on 'Change adapter settings' on the left side.
3. Right-click on the wireless network connection and select 'Properties'.
4. Click on the 'Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)' and then on 'Properties.'
5. Record the static IP address and the DNS server addresses.

Once you have recorded the settings, you'll configure the laptop to obtain an IP address and DNS server address automatically for the office network:

1. In the same TCP/IPv4 properties window, select the option to 'Obtain an IP address automatically' and 'Obtain DNS server address automatically'.
2. Click 'OK' to save the changes.

Finally, to establish an alternate configuration with the static settings:

1. Go to the same TCP/IPv4 properties window.
2. Select the 'Alternate Configuration' tab.
3. Choose 'User configured' and enter the previously recorded static IP and DNS information.
4. Click 'OK' to save these alternate settings.

With these steps completed, the laptop should be able to connect to the office network dynamically while maintaining the ability to use the static settings when at home.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

A workstation must request addressing information from a DHCP server.

It can deliver a DNS server address in addition to the host IP address.

Explanation

DHCP servers deliver IP addresses as well as other host configuration information to network hosts. DHCP can be configured to assign any available address to a host, or it can assign a specific address to a specific host. DHCP clients, typically workstations, must send a request to a DHCP server before it will send IP addressing information to them.