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Yes and No - BOOTP is used in situations where the device needs an IP address and can be matched by its MAC address. Therefore, a client receives an IP address that was matched by the MAC address. That IP address may be part of a subnet, or it may not be.
The protocol itself doesn't care if there are subnets or not. It gives out an IP address, which may be subnetted.
See the related link for an example of a BOOTP entry.
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How is it different than bootp or rarp?
BOOTP is the booting protocol. RARP is the Reverse address resolution protocol.
Breaking a network into smaller parts is called?
segmentation
What is the bootp protocol used for?
BOOTP (Boot Protocol) may be used to boot remote computers over a network. All major Operating Systems, such as Mac OS X, IBM AIX, Solaris and HP, (excepting Windows) support BOOTP. The concept allows a 'diskless' system to avoid installing (and maintaining) the software on every desktop. The downside is network workload takes a big hit, even to paging over the network. This then requires more BOOTP servers and fewer systems on each subnet.
What protocols are used in DakNet?
bootp
DHCP is based heavily on which protocol?
BOOTP
Advantage of dhcp over bootp?
1. DHCP was designed to replace the older BOOTP 2. BOOTP can only provide an IP to a computer while it is booting while DHCP can provide an IP when the OS is already loaded 3. DHCP is primarily used to seamlessly provide IP addresses to computers while BOOTP is used to configure and boot diskless computers or thin clients 4. BOOTP has a 30 day lease on the IP address as a default while DHCP only sets 8 as a default 5. DHCP can automatically rebind or renew their leases while BOOTP requires a system restart
How do devices interpret subnetting information if subnetting is used on a LAN?
Devices interpret subnetting information on a LAN by determining where the traffic originated and routing it to the appropriate area. By creating subnets, it is possible to have segregated areas of a network.
You might never want to use subnetting if?
There is no need to use subnetting if you have no wish to further divide up your network into smaller, logical networks.
What sophisticated IP addressing utility has surpasses BOOTP?
DHCP
What are the disadvantage of subnetting?
Loose of ip address
Does subnetting separate a network into multiple logical defined segments or subnets?
Yes. Subnetting separates a network into multiple logically defined segments, or subnets.
In most cases BOOTP has been surpassed by the more sophisticated IP addressing utility?
In many industrial applications, DHCP is not used because it is desired for devices to have the same IP address all the time, whereas in an office application it doesn't really matter if you get a different IP address from the network every time. Some industrial Ethernet devices, like I/O for EtherNet/IP, are BootP enabled in their default out-of-box settings. Thus, in the industrial world, BootP is still used and widely accepted as a quick and simple way to give devices an IP address. Phoenix Contact has a simple, freeware BootP server that can be used for this purpose which can be downloaded at the link below.
