IP conflict detection by DHCP server

Hi All Hope this post finds you in good health and spirit. Today we are going to discuss IP address conflict detection by DHCP server and process to configure it. Two machines should not have same address within network and it can lead to address conflict. To solve this problem DHCP has built-in mechanism that … Continue reading IP conflict detection by DHCP server

DHCP client behavior during restart if DHCP server is down

Hello Friends I hope this post finds you in good health and spirit. Recently I was doing some R & D on DHCP and found some interesting facts about DHCP client during restart. So putting them together in this post for future references. Probably you will also find this interesting.So here the fact Question: If … Continue reading DHCP client behavior during restart if DHCP server is down

DORA process of DHCP, Unicast or Broadcast

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides IP address and other configuration information like subnet mask, default gateway, WINS and DNS server address to network clients. DHCP allocates IP addresses dynamically to the clients, known as a lease for a period called lease period. DHCP lease-generation is 4 step process called DORA which expands as below: D - Discover O … Continue reading DORA process of DHCP, Unicast or Broadcast