DHCP(DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL)

he Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used

on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, whereby a DHCP server dynamically assigns an IP
address and other network configuration parameters to each device on the network, so they can
communicate with other IP networks.

Types of IP addresses

IP addresses can be

• Static IP address

– Addresses that are manually assigned and do not change over

time

• Dynamic IP address

– Addresses that are automatically assigned for a specific period of

time and might change

What is DHCP?

• It gives IP Addresses automatically to the clients who is requesting for an IP Address

• Centralized IP Address management

• DHCP prevents IP address conflicts and helps conserve the use of client IP Address on the
network

DHCP reduces the complexity and amount of administrative work by assigning TCP/IP
configuration automatically to the Clients.

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Unicast : unicast is a one-to-one transmission from one point in the network to another point

Multicast: networking, multicast is group communication where data transmission is

addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously. Multicast can be one-to-
many or many-to-many distribution.

Broadcast: Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience

via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the
electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

What is DHCP?

TCP/IP Settings

o IP Address

o Subnet Mask

o Default Gateway

o Preferred DNS

o Alternate Preferred DNS

DHCP Process

D Discover

O Offer

R Request

A Acknowledgment
DHCP Process

DHCP Scope

A DHCP scope is a valid range of IP addresses that are available for assignment or lease to client
computers on a particular subnet

DHCP Delay

DHCP Delay is Delaying the offer pack to the client machine

DHCP Exclude

An exclusion is an address or range of addresses taken from a DHCP scope that the DHCP server is
not allowed to hand out

DHCP Reservation

A reservation is a specific IP addresses that is tied to a certain device through its MAC address.

DHCP Lease Generation Process

A DHCP lease is a temporary assignment of an IP address to a device on the network. When

using DHCP to manage a pool of IP addresses, each client served on the network is only “renting” its
IP address. Thus, IP addresses managed by a DHCP server are only assigned for a limited period of
time.
DHCP Lease

Ipconfig / release:

It is used to release the ip address which assigned dynamically in Client Machine

Ipconfig /renew

It is used to renew the ip address in through DORA process