DHCP – Managed Configuration of TCP/IP Hosts

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Table of Contents

DHCP – Managed Configuration of TCP/IP Hosts

Outline

Purpose of DHCP

DHCP functional goals

DHCP functional goals

What does DHCP do?

What does DHCP do?

Design Goals

Design Goals

What can you do with DHCP

What DHCP doesn’t do

What DHCP doesn’t do

Outline

What is DHCP and where does it come from?

IETF standards

Protocol status

Implementation status

DHCP Resources

DHCP Resources

Related work

Outline

Generic Startup, Inc. – GSI

Intranet architecture

TCP/IP addressing

Intranet addressing

DHCP on the GSI intranet

GSI uses DHCP to…

Planning for DHCP

Newly installed computer

Newly installed computer

Relocated computer

Relocated computer

Using DHCP with legacy equipment

Growth – new computers on a subnet

DHCP and new computers

Reusing addresses

Growth – multiple IP networks on a subnet

Multiple IP networks on a subnet

Reconfiguring the server for multiple networks

Growth – changing subnet masks

Passing new subnet masks to clients

Growth – renumbering

Renumbered GSI network

Using DHCP for renumbering

Using DHCP for renumbering

Outline

Server manages client configurations

Address allocation

Leases

Leases

Motivation for leases

Motivation for leases

Address reuse

Address reuse

Address allocation details

Address allocation details

Four ways a client uses DHCP

Obtaining an initial address

Rebooting client

Extending a lease

DHCP options

Configuration with options

Relay agents

Relay agents

Outline

Using multiple servers

Using multiple servers

Strategies for using multiple servers

Lease times and strategies

Lease times and strategies

Changing other configuration parameters

Moving a client to a new location

Moving a client to a new location

Replacing a system

Limitations to DHCP

Coordination among multiple servers

Dynamic DNS

Security/Authentication

Security/Authentication

New options acceptance

IPv6

IPv6

Summary

Summary

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Author: Ralph Droms