Question { Cisco, 24076 }

Suppose in DHCP server running network(assigning ip
addresses automatically), you connect a Laptop in the same
n/w, now how the DHCP is going to assign a IP add. to it and
how it will came to know that there's one new machine added.

Answer

DHCP stands for Dyanamic host Configuration Protocol.It
works on mac binding. It is a network Protocol that enables
the server to assign an IP address to acomputer from a
defined range of numbers configured for a given network(ie
scope).This process is called DORA.So, when a new computer
requests for an IP in a network. The server of a given
Network offers an IP to a computer and in return a computer
sends an acknowledgement to a network