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Configuring the network for a CentOS server

Configuring the network for a CentOS server

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Configuring the network for a CentOS server

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- [Narrator] A network address is a fundamental piece of information about a server which lets it communicate with its local network and, usually, with other networks across the internet. And that address can be one of two types. Either static or dynamic. The address for a server is usually fixed or static. So, the server doesn't float around the network, and so it's always accessible at a consistent place. There's two ways to make sure a server has a fixed address. The first, which we'll look at in a little bit, is to directly set the address on the server. Depending on your use case, this can be an optimal way to go. But, you need to keep track of the addresses you're using to make sure there's no conflict with other systems. The other way of setting a fixed, predictable address is actually to use DHCP, which is normally used to give client devices an address that can change over time. If we control the DHCP server, we can reserve an IP address and assign it consistently based on…

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