Recent content by The Technician

Well, I said it once, I'll say it again - I can't thank you all enough. This thread has been quite the learning experience - on of many to come, I'm certain! Cheers!

Right, so the answer to the test question is definitely C, regardless. But I'm just trying to make sure I understand all the details surrounding it, and the who-what-where-why.

So, someone I know who works in IT has a different theory... "the DNS server has nothing to do with the issue. the Default gateway address is incorrect. This is the address assigned to the inside interface on your router.If your computer cannot determine the correct default gateway you will...

Awesome. Looking back, I can see that I got caught up looking to IPCONFIG for the answer, when IPCONFIG only told half the story, and that the rest of the question contained most of the info needed in order to determine that DHCP was giving out the wrong DNS IP. I can't thank you all enough, I...

Ok, so just to recap... 1. If your local machine has an IP that is not an APIPA, then you are reaching the DHCP server. 2. In this case, the DNS IP is being provided by the DHCP server. 3. As a rule, if your local machine has a valid IP from DHCP, but cannot get to the internet, DNS is your...

Please, no going "deep". I'm not that kind of guy.

But in this case, we haven't set up the DNS service ourselves. And the question hasn't supplied us with IPCONFIG info for a PC with connectivity to show us what the correct DNS IP is. So how do you know what the correct DNS IP is? Or, more pertinent to this test question, how do I know the DNS...

But how do I know that 192.168.1.1 is the correct DNS? Is DNS always supposed to be the same as the DHCP? As the Gateway? When I see that DNS is a different IP than DHCP, do I know that it's the wrong DNS? See what I mean?

Nope, lol. I think I get that DHCP is disabled on the router (it would have been configured that way to begin with if they were using a dedicated server for DHCP, right?). Why? And from where? But first, let me see if I understand this correctly... The old DHCP server was swapped out for a...

Thank you, I think, lol. So, the default gateway router began running DHCP in the absence of the DHCP server that was replaced. And thus, they are the same machine, and both C and D are correct. No?

OK, what we know based on the question is... 1. IPCONFIG says the DHCP server and the Default Gateway have the same IP address, and thus are the same [node/server/router/machine/whatever]. 2. The server itself is what is misconfigured - not the DHCP service, but the...

Ok, let me try to follow along with all of you guys one revelation at a time... So, if DHCP and Default Gateway have the same IP, then my router is running DHCP, as opposed to an external server. Do I understand that correctly? This question was taken from a practice quiz found at...

Again, that's my issue - I clearly don't understand how it works. I know that DHCP automatically assigns IP addresses to the computer. That DNS resolves host names to IP addresses. That the Default Gateway is the node that stands between my network and the outside (my router, for example). That...

Hey guys, As a few of you know, I am new to the technical side of computers and networking, and self-studying for the 802 A+ certification exam. Among other things that I'm struggling to understand, is the fundamentals of networking. I've gone over at least a dozen articles and videos...

From what I understand, if there is toner left on the drum after the page has printed, creating "ghost images" on the following pages, then that is a failure of either the eraser lamp that discharges the particles, allowing them to let go of the drum, or the eraser blade that scrapes them off...