DHCP Messages and Overview of the DHCP Process
The following paragraphs attempt to describe the process that DHCP clients and servers go through when negotiating DHCP leases. This is a summary of RFC 2131, which is authoritative and is subject to becoming obsolete if a new RFC that pertains to DHCP is released in the future.
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