Chapter 25

IP Addressing Services

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • How does DNS operate?

  • How does DHCP operate?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

Domain Name System (DNS)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

fully qualified domain names (FQDNs)

Introduction (25.0)

Hi there. While Olcay and Abay are working together, Olcay needs to use the nslookup command to verify the current status of the name servers. Olcay takes this opportunity to ask Abay what he knows about DNS and DHCP services. Abay explains that the DNS protocol defines an automated service that matches resource names with the required numeric ...

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