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Which of the following should a technician configure on a small office home office (SOHO) wireless router so IP addresses are automatically assigned to devices on the wireless network?
The correct answer is B. DHCP. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is the service that automatically assigns IP addresses and network configuration to devices on a network. It must be enabled on the SOHO router to provide addresses to wireless clients.
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Which of the following should a technician configure on a small office home office (SOHO) wireless router so IP addresses are automatically assigned to devices on the wireless network?
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- AMAC filtering
- BDHCP
- CNAT
- DDNS
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- B91% (29)
- C6% (2)
Why each option
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is the service that automatically assigns IP addresses and network configuration to devices on a network. It must be enabled on the SOHO router to provide addresses to wireless clients.
MAC filtering controls which devices are permitted to associate with the wireless network based on hardware address, but it does not assign IP addresses.
DHCP operates as a server on the router and automatically leases IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, and DNS server addresses to connecting clients. Enabling the DHCP server on the SOHO router eliminates the need to manually configure network settings on each wireless device.
NAT translates private internal IP addresses to the router's public IP for outbound internet traffic but does not assign IP addresses to clients.
DNS resolves hostnames to IP addresses but does not distribute IP address assignments to network clients.
Concept tested: DHCP server configuration on SOHO router
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/dhcp/dhcp-top
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