What is a DHCP scope/pool? ⋆ Network Design Implementation Consultation

What is a DHCP scope/pool?

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) uses a range of addresses with options to provide clients with IP address configurations to operate on the network. DHCP servers are configured with scopes by an administrator to manage IP addressing in the network.

Scopes are also known as pools, than contain a range of IP address for a subnet, lease time and options for configuration.

OPTION	TITLE	DEFINITION
1	Subnet Mask	Subnet Mask Value
3	Router	Default Gateway addresses
4	Time Server	Time server addresses
5	Name Server	IEN-116 Server addresses
6	Domain Server	DNS Server addresses
43	Vendor Specific	Vendor Specific Information
82	Relay Agent Information	Used to Identify Client Location
150	TFTP server address	Used to Identify Voice Server/Gateway

Common DHCP servers:

Windows
Linux
Cisco IOS
HP Comware

April 3, 2014 / Articles, DHCP / Tags: 100, DHCP

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