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180 Agilent Connectivity Guide
7TCP/IP Network Basics
IP Address Configuration Methods
This section introduces some IP address configuration methods,
including:
• Configuration Methods Overview
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• AutoIP/ZEROCONF
• Duplicate IP Address Detection
Configuration Methods Overview
IP address configuration methods can be divided into two categories:
automatic IP configuration and manual IP configuration.
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides automatic
TCP/IP setup for devices on networks that support DHCP.
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AutoIP/ZEROCONF provides automatic TCP/IP setup for devices
on networks that do not support DHCP.
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Manual IP Configuration provides manual TCP/IP setup for
devices on manually configured networks.
This table shows the applicablility of these methods to various network
topologies.
Network Topology Automatic IP Manual IP
DHCP AutoIP ZEROCONF
Site LAN [with DHCP] Yes No No Yes
Site LAN [without DHCP] No Yes Yes Yes
Private LAN [with DHCP] Yes No No Yes
Private LAN [without DHCP] No Yes Yes Yes