A company purchases a SOHO router for a small office. The new router does not have DHCP. Which of the following address types should the company use so that all computers can communicate on the…

The correct answer is A. Static. Without DHCP, the router cannot automatically assign IP addresses to devices. Each computer must be manually configured with an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway, which requires the use of static addressing so all systems can communicate on the network.

Submitted by carlos_mx· Mar 30, 2026Networking

Question

A company purchases a SOHO router for a small office. The new router does not have DHCP. Which of the following address types should the company use so that all computers can communicate on the network?

Options

AStatic
BPublic
CDynamic
DIPv6

How the community answered

(45 responses)

A
73% (33)
B
4% (2)
C
16% (7)
D
7% (3)

Explanation

Without DHCP, the router cannot automatically assign IP addresses to devices. Each computer must be manually configured with an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway, which requires the use of static addressing so all systems can communicate on the network.

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#Static IP addressing#DHCP#Network addressing

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