CompTIA Network+ N10-009 Practice Question

Creating a reservation for the server's MAC address on the network address allocation server is the best solution because it allows this server to assign the same network address to the critical server every time it connects to the network. This approach ensures that even if the server reboots or its allocated address lease expires, the server will always receive the same network address, maintaining consistent access and reducing configuration errors. Setting a manual network address could lead to address conflicts if not carefully managed outside the assignable range. Adjusting the address pool and stress testing the allocation capabilities do not directly ensure that a specific address is consistently assigned to a particular server.