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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition

by Joe Casad
September 2008
Beginner
456 pages
11h 41m
English
Sams
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How DHCP Works

When a DHCP client computer is started, the TCP/IP software is loaded into memory and starts to operate. However, because the TCP/IP stack has not been given an IP address yet, it is incapable of sending or receiving directed datagrams. The computer can, however, transmit and listen for broadcasts. This capability to communicate via broadcasts is the basis for how DHCP works. The process of leasing an IP address from the DHCP server involves four steps (see Figure 12.1):

1.
DHCPDISCOVER—The DHCP client initiates the process by broadcasting a datagram destined for UDP port 68 (used by BOOTP and DHCP servers). This first datagram is known as a DHCP Discover message, which is a request to any DHCP server that receives the datagram ...
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