Examining the DHCP Client Service
The DHCP client service is the client-side service that requests an IP address from the network. Depending on the system’s network adapter configuration, the DHCP client service may be active or inactive and, if the client is leveraging network boot, can come in the form of a BOOTP or PXE client controlled by the system board. The Windows DHCP client service, however, is managed by the configuration stored within the Microsoft operating system and, furthermore, on each adapter. If the adapter senses a network connection and the IP address configuration is configured for automated IP addressing, the DHCP client service broadcasts the request for an IP address, and when the data is received from the server, the ...
Get Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
