Computer Science 🌋/Network Programming 🛰️

DHCP, Apr/3/2023

How to assign an IP address to a host? 1. Manually: hard-coded by system admin in a file Windows: control-panel -> networking -> configuration -> TCP/IP -> properties. UNIX: /etc/rc.config 2. Automatically: DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a plug and play protocol: a node can dynamically obtain an IP address when joining the network and release the IP address when leaving the ne..