Verifying Host IPv4 Settings

Some hosts use DHCP to learn their IPv4 settings. Others manually set all their settings. Other hosts actually allow you to make some settings manually, and learn other settings with DHCP.

Regardless of how a given host builds its IPv4 configuration, that host will either work, or have problems. And if it has problems, someone needs to be ready and able to jump in and help solve the problem. On hosts, that means someone needs to be able to find the IPv4 settings, make sure they are correct, and troubleshoot problems related to the host IP settings.

This short section brushes the surface of how to verify IPv4 settings on hosts. This section touches on each of the settings, showing some host commands used to confirm ...

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