Unit 4 Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP)
intro - correct answer โโ- designed to reduce configuration time for TCP/IP networks
- automatically assigns IP addresses to clients during the log on process
- has a pool of IP addresses (known as a scope) that is distributed to clients
DHCP scope - correct answer โโ- a range of IP addresses that a DHCP server can lease out to DHCP
clients
- leased for a specific Time to Live (TTL)
- DHCP servers do not share scope information
- set aside static IP addresses for use by printers or servers
- each scope must be unique
DHCP Scope Guidelines - correct answer โโ- if your network has more than one DHCP server
> be sure that their DHCP scopes do not overlap
- assign DHCP options to the DHCP server if clients need them
- assign static IP addresses to non-DHCP clients
- assign static IP addresses to all servers on your network
- configure DHCP relay agents if one DHCP server must serve hosts on several subnets
requirements for setting up a scope - correct answer โโ- name of the scope
- description of the scope (optional)
- starting (network number) and ending IP addresses (broadcast) of the scope
- subnet mask for the scope to be assigned
- starting and ending IP addresses to be excluded from the scope
> stops DHCP from leasing out the IP address of static IP addresses
- lease duration
