What are the 4 most major settings of scope in DHCP?
Defining the IP address range, defining excluded addresses, defining the subnet mask, and defining the lease durations
What is the difference between dynamic assignment and automatic assignment?
In automatic assignment the DHCP server maintains a list of past assignments and only uses that list, whereas dynamic assignment generates the addresses pseudo-randomly
What is DHCP address allocation?
The process of reserving addresses for static usage, also known as static DHCP assignment, static DHCP, static assignment, and IP reservation
What is a DHCP lease?
A temporary allocation of an IP address for a device, leases are determined by the DHCP server and configured by its administrators
How would one reallocate an IP address?
One can reboot their device to confirm a lease, reassign the lease manually, or one can manually release an IP by moving to another subnet
What is the purpose and duration of the T1 DHCP timer?
To check in with the lending server and renew the IP address, it is set to be 50% of the lease time by default
What is the purpose and duration of the T2 DHCP timer?
To check if the original lender is down and if so to attempt rebinding with any available DHCP server, it is set to be 87.5% (7/8) of the lease time by default