IP address management tools aren’t sexy, but they can certainly take the tedium out of the necessary and difficult task of tracking IP addresses and DNS names across an enterprise network. A mistake ...

The struggle is always real when you manage a growing number of self-hosted services. After all, keeping track of every IP address, subnet, VLAN, and piece of hardware can quickly become a mess.

Many organizations still approach IP address management as a somewhat secondary consideration. Since the basic tools are available for free on any platform, many companies will deploy DNS and DHCP ...

IP address management (IPAM) is a concept that can be implemented in many ways. At its core, IPAM is simply a way to keep track of all the IP addresses in a business environment. Services such as ...

This tip is excerpted from "Network troubleshooting and diagnostics," Chapter 4 of The Shortcut Guide to Network Management for the Mid-Market, written by Greg Shields and published by ...