TP-Link T2500-28TCTL-SL5428E T2500-28TCUN V1 User Guide - Page 144
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Chapter 9 DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a client-server protocol which is widely used in LAN environments to dynamically assign host IP addresses from a centralized server. As workstations and personal computers proliferate on the Internet, the administrative complexity of maintaining a network is increased by an order of magnitude. The assignment of local network resources to each client represents one such difficulty. In most environments, delegating such responsibility to the user is not plausible and, indeed, the solution is to define the resources in uniform terms, and to automate their assignment. The DHCP dealt with the issue of assigning an internet address to a client, as well as some other resources. DHCP Elements DHCP is built on a client-server model, where designated DHCP server hosts allocate network addresses and deliver configuration parameters to DHCP clients. Generally a DHCP server can allocate configuration parameters to more than one client. Figure 9-1 shows you the model. Figure 9-1 DHCP model To meet the different requirements of DHCP clients, DHCP server is always designed to supply hosts with the configuration parameters in three policies. 1) Manual Assignment: For the specific DHCP clients (e.g., web server), the configuration parameters are manually specified by the administrator and are assigned to these clients via a DHCP server. 2) Automatic Assignment: The DHCP server must supplies the configuration parameters to DHCP client with the lease time continued forever. 3) Dynamic Assignment: A network administrator assigns a range of IP addresses to DHCP server, and each client computer on the LAN is configured to request an IP address from the DHCP server with a fixed period of time (e.g., 2 hours), allowing the DHCP server to reclaim (and then reallocate) IP addresses that are not renewed. 134