The Case for Server-Supplied IP Addresses
Every computer, as you learned in a previous hour, must have an IP address to operate on a TCP/IP network. The IP addressing system was originally designed for the logical condition in which each computer is preconfigured with an IP address. This condition is known as static IP addressing. Each computer knows its IP address from the moment it boots and is able to use the network immediately. Static IP addressing works well for small, permanent networks, but on larger networks that are subject to reconfiguration and change (such as new computers coming and going from the network), static IP addressing has some limitations.
The principal shortcomings of static IP addressing are
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