Skip to Content
Exploring Computer Hardware
book

Exploring Computer Hardware

by Kevin Wilson
August 2024
Beginner
216 pages
5h 24m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Exploring Computer Hardware

DHCP Servers

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and is responsible for automatically allocating IP addresses to devices on a network.

Your Internet broadband router at home contains a DHCP server to automatically allocate each device an IP address, whether it is your phone, laptop or PC.

Devices connecting to a network broadcast a request to the DHCP server. The DHCP server sends back an IP address from its address pool along with a time period for which the allocation is valid called a lease, as well as DNS and gateway addresses, and the network’s subnet mask.

Here’s an example of a DHCP server running on Windows Server in our test lab. We have configured the address pool to allocate addresses from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.100. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Essential Computer Hardware

Essential Computer Hardware

Kevin Wilson
Computer Networks, Fifth Edition

Computer Networks, Fifth Edition

David J. Wetherall, Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781836649755