DHCP – Cheat Sheet – Part-2 v1

PAD Option (0)

0
DHCP Relay Agent (82) 82 1 Subnet Mask Option (1)

DHCP
Lease Time (51)
51 3 Router Option (3)
Options
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Domain Name Option (15)

15 6 DNS Server Option (6)

12
Host Name Option (12)

DHCP State Transitions

IP Address Assignment Methods
DHCP Server assigns IP Addresses based on certain client
Root Manual parameter (e.g. MAC Address)

DHCP Server permanently assigns IP address to clients

q Initializing Automatic from the pool defined by the admin. Same client gets
same IP even after disconnect/connect
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCP Server assigns IP address to clients from the pool
DHCPOFFER

Dynamic defined by the admin till the lease time defined by admin.
w Selecting Same client gets different IP after disconnect/connect
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DHCPREQUEST

e Requesting
DHCPACK DHCP Frame Format
1 8 16 24 32
DHCPREQUEST DHCPRELEASE
r Bound OpCode HW Type HW Add Length Hops
DHCPNACK

Transaction ID
Seconds Flags
CIAddr (Client IP Address)
YIAddr (Your IP Address) ≈
DHCPACK DHCPACK
SIAddr (Server IP Address)
t Renewing yRe-binding ≈
GIAddr (GW IP Address)
CHAddr (Client HW Address) - 16B
DHCPREQUEST
SName (Server Name) - 64B ≈
Boot Filename- 128B
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Length

L2 IP TCP/UDP L7
Header Header Header Header L7 Data

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