DHCP (DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL)

INSTALLATION
DHCP allows you to automatically assign

• IP addresses
• Subnet masks
• Default Gateway
• DNS
• WINS 

CONFIGURING 

DHCP SCOPE

 A range of  IP addresses that are available to be leased or assigned to DHCP clients by the DHCP  service.

DHCP OPTIONS :   

• Address configuration parameters that a DHCP service assigns to clients.

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•  Most DHCP options are predefined, based on optional parameters defined in Request for Comments (RFC) 1542, although extended options can be added by vendors or users. 

 ACTIVATE 

After DHCP Configuration ,ACTIVATE the particular scope then only the scope will get effect.

 Address pool indicates the range of address.

DHCP LEASE The Length of time for which a DHCP clint can use dynamically ip

DHCP LEASE  :

} The length of time for which a DHCP client can use a dynamically assigned IP address configuration.

}Before the lease time expires, the client must either renew or obtain a new lease with DHCP.

RESERVATION IP

Reservation :

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•  Assure that a specified hardware device on the subnet can always use the same IP address. 

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• Use reservation to create a permanent address lease assignment by the DHCP server. 

 SCOPE OPTIONS

    Types of class-level   

1.Vendor class – That alows DHCP clients to be identified and leased according to their vendor hardware configurtion types.

2.User class – That allows DHCP clients to be groped logically according to shared  or common identifier.

Monitoring DHCP

EVENT ID                    DESCRIPTION

   00                              Log was started.

   01                              Log was stopped.

   02                              Log was temporarily

                                     paused due to low disk              

                                     space.       

 SUPER SCOPE

A Super scope is a administrative grouping of scopes that is used to support multiple logical subnets on a single network segment.

Let us see how to configure

                                       Super scope………….