Skip to Main Content
Snow Leopard™ Server
book

Snow Leopard™ Server

by Daniel Eran Dilger
November 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
976 pages
22h 28m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Snow Leopard™ Server

Chapter 13. DHCP Service

In This Chapter

  • Introduction to DHCP

  • Planning DHCP

  • DHCP setup and configuration

  • Managing and monitoring DHCP

Network machines can be configured to obtain a unique IP address and other configuration information from a central DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. At startup, they look for a DHCP server, and if found, they request a DHCP lease, which provides the client with an IP address it can use for the length of the lease. The DHCP server may also provide the client machine with other information about the network, such as where it can find DNS or directory servers.

The primary purpose of DHCP is to manage the allotment of IP addresses, which can be a relatively scarce resource. Even when lots of addresses are available, DHCP allows administrators to direct how they're distributed so an organization's network can be divided into manageable subnets.

Small groups operating a single Snow Leopard Server in the standard configuration — or a workgroup configuration server plugged into a larger organization's network — have to rely on existing DHCP services already in place, supplied either by an appliance router such as an AirPort base station or by the local IT department's DHCP servers operating on the network.

In the advanced configuration, Snow Leopard Server can host its own DHCP server. Administrators might already have existing DHCP services in place, so enabling DHCP on the server may not be necessary.

Note

For more on standard, workgroup, and advanced ...

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.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Server For Dummies®

Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Server For Dummies®

John Rizzo
Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Conan Kezema Stan Riemer Mike Mulcare, Byron Wright, and Microsoft Active Directory

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780470521311Purchase book