DHCP

Question 1

What does DHCP stand for?

Answer 1

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Question 2

How does DHCP work?

Answer 2

When a client doesn’t have an IP address and DHCP is enabled the client will send a broadcast request to obtain a new IP address

Question 3

How would you configure a Cisco router as a DHCP client?

Answer 3

R1(config)#interface f0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address dhcp
R1(config-if)#no shutdown

Question 4

How would you configure a Cisco router to pass along DHCP requests?

Answer 4

R1(config)#interface (host facing) f0/1

R1(config-if)#ip helper-address (dhcp server address)