Communications (continued)
DISCOVERY |
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| DHCP |
| Dynamic | Host | Control | Protocol. | |
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| Automatically assign IP address from a | |||
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| DHCP Server. |
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| ²ENABLED |
| DHCP is enabled by default. |
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| DHCP has precedence over any static IP | |||
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| Address stored in the NIC Adapter. |
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| DISABLED |
| Disable DHCP. |
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| BOOTP |
| A UNIX based automatic IP address | ||||
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| assignment controlled by a BOOTP server. | |||
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| RARP |
| Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. | ||||
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| ²ENABLED |
| RARP is enabled by default. |
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DISABLED
Disable RARP. This should be selected if RARP is not needed.
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