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InterviewquestionsonDHCPTCPIPGURU|TCPIPGURU
InterviewquestionsonDHCP
InaDHCPenvironment,whichofthecomponents(ClientorServer)initiatestherequest
TheclientwouldalwaysinitiatetheDHCPrequest.Therequestistriggerredfromtheclient,whentheTCP/IP
adapterisconfiguredfortheoptionObtainIPaddressautomatically.Whenthisisselected,theoperatingsystem
wouldautomaticallygeneratetheDHCPDiscovertoidentifyvalidDHCPServersonthenetwork.
HowmanyDHCPpacketsareexchangedbetweenaclientandaserverbeforetheclientreceivesanIP
address
4DHCPpacketsareexchangedbetweentheclientandtheserver.TheyareDHCPDiscover,DHCPOffer,DHCP
Request,DHCPAck.
WhattypeofpacketisaDHCPDiscoverpacket
DHCPDiscoverisalayer3broadcastpacketwithdestinationIPaddressas255.255.255.255
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WhatisanIPHelperaddressfeatureandwhyisitrequiredinaDHCPenvironment
DHCPDiscoverpacketsarebroadcastpackets.ThismeansthataDHCPDiscoverpacketwhichissentfromthe
clientwouldnotreachtheDHCPServer,iftheserverresidesonadifferentnetwork.Thisisbecause,routersare
requiredforcommunicationbetweendifferentnetworksandroutersdonotforwardbroadcastpackets.TheIP
Helperaddressfeatureisconfiguredontherouter.ThefeatureinformstheroutertheDHCPServersIPaddressfor
thenetwork.So,WhentherouterreceivestheDHCPDiscoverpacket,itwouldconvertitfrombroadcasttounicast
packetandthensendittotheDHCPServer.
WhatisaDHCPScopeandwhyisitrequired
AscopeincludesinformationlikeIPaddressranges,SubnetMasks,gatewayaddress,DNSServeretc.This
requiredsothatclientswouldrequirethenecessaryinformationfromtheserver.
WhatwouldhappeniftherearemultipleDHCPserversonanetwork
TheclientswouldtriggerDHCPDiscoverpacketsandtheserverwhichrespondsfirstwouldprovidetheIPaddress
totheclient
Howdoesaclientknowthataleasehasexpiredandhowisitrenewed
WhenaclientreceivesanIPaddressfromtheDHCPServer,theleaseexpirydateandtimeisprovidedaspartof
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InterviewquestionsonDHCPTCPIPGURU|TCPIPGURU
DHCPoptions.Thisismaintainedandrecordedbytheclient.Justbeforetheleaseexpirytime,theclientwould
initiatearenewrequesttotheserverforanewlease
HowmanyDHCPServerscanresideononesubnet
Itsunlimited.ButifthereisaDHCPclient,whichserverwouldleaseouttheIPaddress?Itsasimplelogic.The
firstserverwhichrespondstotheDHCPclientsIPaddressrequestwouldleaseouttheIPaddress.
ExplainthecommunicationflowbetweenaDHCPclientandserveronanetworkwithtwoDHCPServers
ThefirstpackettheDHCPClientinitiateswouldbetheDHCPDiscoverpacket.TheDHCPDiscoverpacketis
broadcastinnatureandwouldbereceivedbyboththeDHCPservers.TheDHCPserverswouldrespondwith
DHCPofferpacketcontainingtheIPaddresseswhichtheyoffer.BasedonthefirstDHCPoffertheclientreceives,
theclientwouldrespondwithDHCPrequestpacketwhichcontainstheIPaddresswhichitwouldbeusingalong
withtheDHCPserversIPaddresswhichhadprovidetherespective.Thispacketissendasbroadcast.Thepacket,
whenreceivedbytheotherDHCPserverwouldunderstandthattheIPaddresswhichithadleasedtotheclient(In
theDHCPofferpacket)isnottaken.SotheDHCPserverwouldputtheIPaddressbacktoitspool.
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