DHCP

DHCP Servers and the 80/20 Rule

Patrick Regan — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:03:52 -0400

A DHCP relay agent is a computer that relays DHCP and BOOTP messages between clients and servers on different subnets. This way, you can have a single DHCP server handle several subnets without the DHCP server being connected directly to those subnets.

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RE: When you keep losing access to your wireless access point

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:02:25 -0500

One other troubleshooting task you may want to try: If you're using your access point as a DCHP server, try disabling DCHP and use a static IP instead, and then see if you still get dropped.

Autoconfiguration vs. DCHPv6

Cisco Subnet — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:02:05 -0400

There's a growing number of IPv6 experts that say one of IPV6's benefits - autoconfiguration - will be skipped over by network execs who will stick with DHCP instead. DHCPv6 is an updated version that will support IPv6 and one of its chief supporters is Cisco.

Cisco has been supporting DHCPv6 in IOS since 2003 and also supports it in Cisco Network Register (CNR), reports Network World's Carolyn Duffy Marsan. The company says the next version of CNR, expected out by early 2008, will feature parity between DHCPv4 and DHCPv6.

What's your take on autoconfiguration vs. DHCP?

More IPv6 issues discussed at Jeff Doyle's IP Routing blog.

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DHCP is a core technology for network access control

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:11:44 -0500

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