31 Days Before Your CCENT Certification

CCNA Discovery 1, Chapter 2

2.2.3 and 2.2.4: After you have physically connected a host to your network, you need to assign an IP address, default gateway, and subnet mask. You can manually enter the address information or configure the host to obtain address information dynamically. A host typically acquires address information dynamically from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. The operating system on some hosts allows you to enter a unique name for your computer.