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Presented By: Tehseen Hussain (08-EE-002)
Presented By: Tehseen Hussain (08-EE-002)
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Mapping Physical To Logical
Address
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Static configuration
Does not dynamically allocate IP addresses
Manual administrator intervention to add/remove
clients
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Dynamic assignment of IP addresses is desirable
for several reasons:
IP addresses are assigned on-demand
Avoid manual IP configuration
IP lease - the IP# is assigned temporarily
Support mobility of laptops
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
From 1993
An extension of BOOTP
Same port numbers as BOOTP
Extensions:
Supports temporary allocation (“leases”) of IP addresses
DHCP client can acquire all IP configuration parameters needed to
operate
DHCP is the preferred mechanism for dynamic assignment
of IP addresses
DHCP can interoperate with BOOTP clients.
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DHCP provides static and dynamic address
allocation that can be manual or automatic.
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Argon
00:a0:24:71:e4:44 DHCP Server
DHCP Request
00:a0:24:71:e4:44
Sent to 255.255.255.255
Argon
128.143.137.144
00:a0:24:71:e4:44 DHCP Server
DHCP Response:
IP address: 128.143.137.144
Default gateway: 128.143.137.1
Netmask: 255.255.0.0
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Relay
Agent Relay Agent-Encapsulate
the datagram and unicast
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If DHCP server is down, all hosts are down
Hard to keep information on free and used IP #
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QUERIES?
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