1. Net431:advanced net services
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Tutorial 3

2. Q1: DHCP uses several messages such as DHCPREQUEST, DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK, , and DHCPDISCOVER. Find the purpose of these messages.
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3. DHCPDiscover
Broadcast by a DHCP client The DHCPDiscover message requests IP address information from a DHCP server.
DHCPOffer
Broadcast by each DHCP server that receives the client DHCPDiscover message and has an IP address configuration to offer to the client. The DHCPOffer message contains an unleased IP address and additional TCP/IP configuration information.
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4. DHCPRequest
Broadcast by a DHCP client after it selects a DHCPOffer. The DHCPRequest message contains the IP address from the DHCPOffer that it selected.
DHCPAck
Broadcast by a DHCP server to a DHCP client acknowledging the DHCPRequest message. At this time, the server also forwards any options. Upon receipt of the DHCPAck, the client can use the leased IP address to participate in the TCP/IP network
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5. Q2: What is a DHCP lease?
A DHCP lease is the amount of time that the DHCP server grants to the DHCP client permission to use a particular IP address. A typical server allows its administrator to set the lease time.
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6. Q3: Refer to the exhibit. Which rule does the DHCP server use when there is an IP address conflict?
Ans: Assign BAD-Address and The address is removed from the pool until the conflict is resolved.
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7. Q4: Determine which of the following is an FQDN and which is a PQDN.
a. xxx
b. xxx.yyy.
c. xxx.yyy.net
d. zzz.yyy.xxx.edu.
e. mil.
f. edu.
g. xxx.yyy.net
h. zzz.yyy.xxx.edu
a. PQDN
b. FQDN
c. PQDN
d. FQDN
e. FQDN
f. FQDN
g. PQDN
h. PQDN
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8. How many levels of hierarchy?
Q5: If a DNS domain name is voyager.fhda.edu, how many labels are involved here?
How many levels of hierarchy?
There are three labels but four levels of hierarchy since the root is considered a level.
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9. Q6: Is a PQDN necessarily shorter than the corresponding FQDN?
It is always shorter by at least a dot.
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10. This is a generic domain.
Q7: A domain name is hello. customer. info. Is this a generic domain or a country domain?
This is a generic domain.
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11. Caching reduces the search time for a name.
Q8: How does caching increase the efficiency of name resolution?
Caching reduces the search time for a name.
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12. The inverse domain maps an address to a name.
Q9: What is the purpose of the inverse domain?
The inverse domain maps an address to a name.
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13. Q&A
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