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Originally posted by VisionIT
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) simply assigns a new IP to the card everytime the addresses update.
Right-click a network adaptor and click properties, and TCP/IP, and you can either assign a STATIC IP, which is prefered, or via DHCP, which is less secure but easier to configure.
If you use a firewall, you must allow guest systems access via their respective ID's and not IP addresses, as they could obviously change without notice.
DHCP was invented by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a way to enable individual computers on an IP network to extract their configurations from a server (the 'DHCP server') or servers, in particular, servers that have no exact information about the individual computers until they request the information. The overall purpose of this is to reduce the work necessary to administer a large IP network.
Also remember... Microsoft's DHCP does not allow BOOTP clients, although the two can co-exist.
Regards,
Paul.
Thanks for the info but I know what a DHCP is but the thing is I can't find it in TCP/IP properties...