DHCP Configuration

Question 1

What are some configurations that need to be made inside of the DHCP server?

Answer 1

1. address range
2. the associated subnet mask for that AP address
3. lease duration and other scope options.

Question 2

What happens when a DHCP server is assigning an IP address.

Answer 2

Its choosing an available address from a pool of addresses that you’ve previously configured inside of the DHCP server.

Question 3

What is an embedded router?

Answer 3

an embedded router is a router that uses a cellular connection instead of a wired connection to provide network connectivity.

Question 4

What is a dynamic assignment?

Answer 4

this means that they could receive any IP address from a large pool of IP addresses that were previously configured. after the lease period expires, the IP addresses return to the pool.

Question 5

What is automatic assignment?

Answer 5

when a list of everyone who previously connected is kept, so that when they reconnect to the network again it will remember your previous IP assignment.

Question 6

What is TCP address reservation?

Answer 6

when a device connected to the network will always receive that same IP address. This is configured based on MAC addresses and must be configured administratively.

Question 7

What are other names for TCP address reservation?

Answer 7

1. static DHCP assignment
2. Static DHCP
3. Static assignment
4. IP Reservation

Question 8

What is T1 timer?

Answer 8

a timer starts from the moment a device receives an IP address from a DHCP server. A T1 timer checks in with the server at the halfway mark.

Question 9

What is a T2 timer?

Answer 9

checks in with the server at the 87 percent mark if the original DHCP server is down. it tries rebinding with any DHCP server when you reach that percent.