DHCP (RFC 2131)
- Category
- Web and networking protocols
- Docs outline
- 6 sections
Official docs outline
rfc-editor.org- Protocol summary
Allocation mechanisms: automatic, dynamic and manual.
- Client-server interaction
DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, ACK (DORA).
- Lease reacquisition and expiration
T1 renewal, T2 rebinding and lease expiry behavior.
- Constructing DHCP messages
Message fields, broadcast flag and relay agents.
- DHCP options
Option encoding for gateway, DNS and lease time.
- DHCPv6
Stateful DHCPv6 message exchange.
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