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220-1201 · Question #457

A technician is configuring a laptop with an IP address that will not change but will be assigned dynamically. Which of the following configurations should the technician use to achieve this goal?

The correct answer is D. Reservation. A DHCP reservation binds a specific IP address to a device’s MAC address, ensuring the laptop always receives the same IP address while still being assigned dynamically by the DHCP server.

Submitted by luis.pe· Mar 30, 2026Networking

Question

A technician is configuring a laptop with an IP address that will not change but will be assigned dynamically. Which of the following configurations should the technician use to achieve this goal?

Options

  • AExclusion
  • BLease
  • CScope
  • DReservation

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    87% (41)

Explanation

A DHCP reservation binds a specific IP address to a device’s MAC address, ensuring the laptop always receives the same IP address while still being assigned dynamically by the DHCP server.

Topics

#DHCP reservation#IP address assignment#Network configuration

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