On a local area network, each device is assigned an internal IP address, called a private address. Unless you configure your device to request a specific address, the address is assigned to the device ...

The protocol used by the router to assign IP addresses is called Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP). If you have an IP address assigned, it's typically considered a "dynamic IP" because it could be ...

More and more security devices being designed to communicate over local area networks (LAN) and the Internet. In smaller installations the security dealer is going to probably be responsible for ...

A security researcher updated a technique he devised a decade ago to create a browser-based attack that tricks network address translation (NAT) devices and firewalls to provide remote access to ...

You’ve heard about it before: an unknown online assailant has been inundating someone in your town with bothersome messages. Luckily, even though that person’s profile may be devoid of identifying ...

6 Types of Network Address Translation: Which One to Use? Your email has been sent Even though we’re no longer running out of IP addresses, Network Address Translation still plays a vital role. Learn ...

Networks, and the internet, don't identify computers (of any size, even your smartphone) by the name you give them. Computers prefer numbers, and the numbers they use as identifiers are called IP ...