Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
TCP/IP network. The key use for DHCP is its capability to automatically
allocate IP addresses to clients booting on the TCP/IP network for the
first time.
The DHCP server passes full IP information and other start-up
information to clients, including the name of the Domain Name Service
(DNS) server. Other start-up information DHCP passed includes:
• IP Subnet Mask
• IP Routes
• Broadcast IP Address
• DNS Server
• NIS Server
• NTP Server