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What is the BOOTP protocol used for where might you find it in Windows network infrastructure?
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BootP (RFC951) provides
* a unique IP address to the requester (using port 67) similar to the DHCP request on port 68 AND * can provide (where supported) the ability to boot a system without a hard drive (ie: a diskless client) Apple OS X 10.* Server supports BootP (albeit) renamed as NetBoot. The facility allows the Admin to maintain a selected set of configurations as boot images and then assign sets of client systems to share(or boot from) that image. For example Accounting, Management, and Engineering departments have elements in common, but which can be unique from other departments. Performing upgrades and maintenance on three images is far more productive that working on all client systems individually.
Startup is obviously network intensive, and beyond 40-50 clients, the Admin needs to
carefully subnet the infrastructure, use gigabit switches, and host the images local to the clients to avoid saturating the network. This will expand the number of BootP servers and multiply the number of images, but the productivity of 1 BootP server per 50 clients is undeniable :)
Sunmicro, Linux, and AIX RS/600 all support BootP.
Todate, Windows does not support booting "diskless clients".
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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.
How is it different than bootp or rarp?
BOOTP is the booting protocol. RARP is the Reverse address resolution protocol.
DHCP is based heavily on which protocol?
BOOTP
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.
Which protocol is used to set the IP address?
The older protocol for this purpose was BOOTP, but modern addressing LAN schemes today will use DHCP.
What port does BOOTPS use?
The BOOTP protocol uses multiple protocols, starting with port 67.
22 what is the difference between bootp and rarp?
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, obsoleted by BootP and DHCP, allows a computer to obtain an IP address after it has obtained an ethernet address. Bootstrap Protocol allows a computer to obtain an IP address when the operating system is starting up.
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 does DHCP allow devices to communicate?
They use DHCP to assign IP Addresses to Devices such as Windows XP, Networking flashcards, OIt DHCP and BootP services, and connecting routers. The definition for DHCP is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
What is the BOOTP protocol used for where might you find it in Windows network?
What is BootP?BOOTP, short for Bootstrap Protocol, is a protocol used to allow an Ethernet network device to obtain an IP Address over the network.A device that wants to obtain an IP address broadcasts a BootP request that identifies the device by it's MAC address, an identifying six octet number ( ex: 00:A0:45:08:CD:8D) that is uniquely assigned to a device by its manufacturer. A BootP server on the network, sees the request and sends a BootP reply containing a desired IP address (ex: 192.168.1.10) to the device, thereby making it now become accessible to higher level network communications using that IP address.For Industrial Ethernet, MAC addresses serve as the basis of networking in order to establishing communication and direct data traffic. This level of communications is referred to as "layer 2" in the OSI model. IP addresses are assigned to devices (and switches) to support the "higher layer" protocols that are used produce complex, functioning networks. After being assigned an IP address, a managed switch can now be accessed, configured and monitored for remote diagnostics via a standard Web-browser. In addition, the switch will now respond to standard networking diagnostic tests such as "pinging". A switch without an IP address cannot provide this very simple, but powerful network diagnostic capability.To avoid potential duplicate IP address confusion, Phoenix Contact managed switches ship without an IP address. Assigning an IP address via BootP is quick and easy with Phoenix Contact's freeware IPAssign tool.For more information about Industrial Ethernet products (including download of the freeware tool) see link below.BootP is also a means to boot a "diskless client" system. See links below
When I try to connect to my school network through bootp it won't let me type it just bounces when I tap on it?
Please check with your school's network administrator.
What is the role of dhcp?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information such as the subnet mask and default gateway. RFCs 2131 and 2132 define DHCP as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard based on Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), a protocol with which DHCP shares many implementation details. DHCP allows hosts to obtain necessary TCP/IP configuration information from a DHCP server.If you want to more further detail so you can visit this website:http://www.iyogibusiness.com
