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CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 · Domain 2: Server administration

Network services: static vs DHCP addressing, DNS, NTP, NIC teaming/bonding, VLAN tagging, firewall ports, IPv4 and IPv6

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

A server that cannot be found or reached on the network is not doing its job. This topic covers how a server gets its address, how clients find it by name, how it keeps time, how its network links are made redundant and segmented, and which ports it listens on.

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