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Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) is a feature of Windows-based operating systems (included in Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP) that enables a computer to automatically assign itself an IP address when there is no Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server available to perform that function. APIPA serves as a DHCP server failover mechanism and makes it easier to configure and support small local area networks (LANs).
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What is the difference between RARP and DHCP protocols?
RARP help the PC to find its MAC address in the same network from the RARP Server.RARP Serveronly providethe IP adress to the PC by remembering its MAC.DHCP works on the same way but DHCP Server provide the PC its IP address, Subnetmask, Default Gateway and DNS Server etc...So the big difference is DHCP provide more information than your RARP Server.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using DHCP?
DHCP s just a server that provides IP details to a computer. Since it can be set up to give statc IP address details to specific computers it has no disadvantage....unless of course the DHCP server crashes.
What is the main difference between bootp and dhcp?
Dhcp is Direct host configure protocol. This is used to assign IP address Automatically. In a Domain Environment we must need IP Addresses to communicate with one machine to another to access the resources, their are mainly two ways to configure a IP in a system One is static or manual IP and other is Dynamic or Automatic IP. So DHCP help us to configure an IP Address Dynamically.(Network+ Guide to Networking answer)BOOTP relies on a static table to associate IP addresses with MAC addresses, whereas DHCP does not
What does it mean to enable AP mode in net gear wndr3400 router?
This means that the device will no longer be a "router" ... it will simply pass through IP addresses in the same subnet as the one it is given (presumably by an upstream router). This is useful for networks where there is an existing router (e.g., uverse gateway) with built-in wireless, but you want to locate the wireless access point in a different location from the router. Note that a router would typically have an IP address in one subnet (provided by the WAN or an upstream router) and it would provide IP addresses using DHCP typically in another subnet. So your cable modem is a router in that it gets an external IP from the cable company. But then it provides 192.168.x.x addresses to you. If you add an additional router it might be given a 192.168.x.x address and then provide 10.1.1.x addresses to you. If the additional "router" above were in "AP mode" then it would have a 192.168.x.x address and it would pass through DHCP requests to the cable modem... so everybody would get a 192.168.x.x address.
