Difference between revisions of "DHCP"
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Dynamic Host Configurations Protocol(DHCP) is a protocol that give an IP to the host with its own IP address, gives it a subnet mask and a default gateway. The process happens in four stages. | Dynamic Host Configurations Protocol(DHCP) is a protocol that give an IP to the host with its own IP address, gives it a subnet mask and a default gateway. The process happens in four stages. | ||
| − | + | #The host that wants to join a network finds a DHCP server, it broadcasts a DHCP discovery message over the network. | |
| + | At this point the host has no subnet address or the IP of the DHCP server, so it just broadcasts to all nodes. | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 28 February 2017
Dynamic Host Configurations Protocol(DHCP) is a protocol that give an IP to the host with its own IP address, gives it a subnet mask and a default gateway. The process happens in four stages.
#The host that wants to join a network finds a DHCP server, it broadcasts a DHCP discovery message over the network. At this point the host has no subnet address or the IP of the DHCP server, so it just broadcasts to all nodes.
