Chapter 19. Running DHCP Clients and Servers

You can use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to simplify administration of Active Directory domains, and in this chapter you’ll learn how to do that. You use DHCP to dynamically assign Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) configuration information to network clients. This not only saves time during system configuration, but also provides a centralized mechanism for updating the configuration. To enable DHCP on the network, you need to install and configure a DHCP server. This server ...

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