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How does dynamic host configuration protocol aid in network administration?

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Question added by Rajendra Prasad Dulal , Computer Network Support Specialist , National Centre For Educational Devlopment
Date Posted: 2015/08/25
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Sunny Joseph
by Sunny Joseph , Head - IT , Olam Agro India Ltd

By assigning IP addresses automatically to the hosts

karim marouf
by karim marouf , Team Manager , OASYS

Simple answer: I allocate IP address to hosts

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Each host configured in automatic mode looks for a DHCP server on the network and send him a request . DHCP relply by assigning an IP address for a a configured period and storing its MAC address.

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