question about dhcp

terryboob · 10-18-2008, 12:44 PM

plz help,
why do we interested in having all ip addressing for the workstations to be deployed via dhcp ?
any ideas plz

justcrash · 10-21-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by terryboob

plz help,
why do we interested in having all ip addressing for the workstations to be deployed via dhcp ?
any ideas plz

I'm not sure I understand your question.

tazinlwfl · 10-31-2008, 08:14 AM

Are you asking "Why would you be interested"?

terryboob · 11-01-2008, 04:29 AM

yes............i just want a technical answer i know what it does in theory but jst want to know more

justcrash · 11-01-2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by terryboob

yes............i just want a technical answer i know what it does in theory but jst want to know more

I have 800 PCs+ on my domain. I can't imagine manually assigning an IP to each PC (this doesn't include printers, security systems, etc).

**Done_Fishin** · 11-01-2008, 03:39 PM

as has been said earlier .. allocating IP addresses for PC's by DHCP is a lot easier and requires no-one to wander around to configure addresses. It also possibly eradicates the possibility of repeating addresses which would or could stop the network from working properly. The DHCP server will ensure that it doesn't give out the same address to different PC's at the same time. It will also re-use the same IP for a new PC after the previous PC has logged off of the network .. and re-issue another IP should the logged off PC log back on again.

10-18-2008, 12:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
terryboob Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: window vista	question about dhcp plz help, why do we interested in having all ip addressing for the workstations to be deployed via dhcp ? any ideas plz

10-31-2008, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
tazinlwfl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Posts: 93 OS: Windows 7 Beta/RC, Vista SP1, XP Pro SP2/SP3 My System	Re: question about dhcp Are you asking "Why would you be interested"? __________________ Cuil^google

11-01-2008, 04:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
terryboob Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: window vista	Re: question about dhcp yes............i just want a technical answer i know what it does in theory but jst want to know more

11-01-2008, 03:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
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