Differences between version 3 and predecessor to the previous major change of DHCP.
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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Sunday, August 4, 2002 5:05:32 pm | by MattBrown | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, August 4, 2002 5:01:15 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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[Acronym] for __D__ynamic __H__ost __C__onfiguration __P__rotocol.
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+Allows hosts on your network to automatically told the details about your network. This is a good thing because it means that you can easily renumber your network without having to go to every machine and change it's static ip. You can still give machines static ip's with DHCP you simply bind the ip to the [MACAddress] of that machine. DHCP can also be used to tell hosts about their gateway and their dns servers.
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