Dynamic Addressing

with DHCP
Cognate/Elective 2
(System and Network Administration)
Objectives
+ Compare Static and Dynamic IPv4 Addressing.
+ Configure a DHCPv4 server to dynamically assign IPv4
addresses.
Static and Dynamic
Addressing
Static IPv4 Address Assignment
+IPv4 addresses can be assigned either
statically or dynamically.
+With a static assignment, the network
administrator must manually configure the
network information for a host.
+At a minimum, this includes the following:
+IP Address
+Subnet mask
+Default gateway
Dynamic IPv4 Address Assignment
+DHCP automatically assigns addressing
information such as IPv4 address, subnet
mask, default gateway, and other
configuration information, as shown in
the figure.
+It reduces burden the burden of network
support staff and virtually eliminates
errors.
+IP is not permanently assigned to host –
leased for a period.
DHCP Servers
+Various types of devices can be DHCP
servers as long as they are running
DHCP service software. With most
medium to large networks, the DHCP
server is usually a local dedicated PC-
based server.
+With home networks, the DHCP server
may be located at the ISP and a host on
the home network receives its IPv4
configuration directly from the ISP, as
shown in the figure.
DHCPv4 Configuration
DHCPv4 Operation
+The protocol describes a set of messages that go between the
host wanting an IP address and the DHCP server that gives out
the IP address.

192.168.1.15
255.255.255.0
Default Gateway

DHCP DISCOVER DHCP OFFER

DHCP REQUEST DHCP ACK
DHCP Service Configuration
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