A technician is installing a new Windows network printer. Upon completion, the network settings are printed and stored under the printer. How can the technician make sure the printer retains the…

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Options

• AConfigure a DHCP scope for the subnet that the printer is on.
• BSet the printer to use static information.
• CUpdate the printer in the WINS database.
• DAsk an administrator to create a new DNS name record for the printer.
• EAsk an administrator to create a DHCP reservation for the printer.
• FConfigure the printer to use a DHCP relay.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  80% (24)
• D
  10% (3)
• F
  7% (2)

Explanation

To ensure a printer always has the same IP address (required for reliable network printing), there are two valid approaches: (B) Configure a static IP address directly on the printer so it never requests an address from DHCP - it always uses the same fixed address. (E) Create a DHCP reservation on the DHCP server that ties the printer's MAC address to a specific IP - the printer still uses DHCP but always receives the same address. Both methods guarantee address consistency. A DHCP scope (A) just defines a range of addresses with no guarantee the printer gets the same one. WINS (C) and DNS records (D) provide name resolution but don't control IP assignment. A DHCP relay (F) forwards DHCP requests between subnets and doesn't fix the printer's address.

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