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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) lease process consists of four processes. The processes are

1. Discover

2. Offer

3. Request

4. Acknowledgment

In the Discover process the DHCP client initiates the process by trying to discover any DHCP servers in the network. This discover packet is a broadcast packet.

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Weather dhcp offer is unicast or not?

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