NET 4000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.2.5: Default Gateway, Bootstrap Protocol, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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The following table lists several options for assigning ip addresses: Using static addressing, ip configuration information must be manually configured on each host. On networks with a very small number of hosts. To permanently assign ip addresses to hosts that must always have the same address (such as printers, servers, or routers). For hosts that cannot accept an ip address from dhcp. Static addressing is very susceptible to configuration errors and duplicate ip address configuration errors (two hosts that have been assigned the same ip address). A dhcp server is a special server configured to pass out ip addresses and other ip configuration information to network clients. Use dhcp for small, medium, or large networks. When a client boots, it contacts the dhcp server for ip configuration information. The dhcp server is configured with a range (sometimes called scopes) of ip addresses that it can assign to hosts.
