Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHCP is another bootstrap protocol that helps computers to obtain their configuration information from servers designated as DHCP servers. DHCP, an extension of BOOTP, scores over the latter in two ways. The first advantage is that DHCP provides all the configuration information required by the client in a single packet. For example, a DHCP message contains information about the subnet mask along with the IP address. The second advantage is that DHCP allows dynamic allocation of IP addresses to the client.
DHCP allows three ways of assigning addresses to the client: manual configuration, automatic configuration, and dynamic configuration.
For handling the requests from diskless workstations, a DHCP server ...
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