What are the advantages of DHCP?

DHCP provides the following benefits.

• Reliable IP address configuration. DHCP minimizes configuration errors caused by manual IP address configuration, such as typographical errors, or address conflicts caused by the assignment of an IP address to more than one computer at the same time.
• Reduced network administration.

What is the disadvantage of DHCP failover cluster?

Unfortunately, there are a few drawbacks with DHCP: DHCP can become a single point of failure for your network. If you only have one DHCP server and it’s not available, clients won’t be able to request or renew leases. Not all DHCP client implementations work properly with Windows Server 2003’s DHCP server.

What is the difference between DHCP and BOOTP?

The major difference between BOOTP and DHCP is that BOOTP support static configuration of the IP addresses while DHCP supports dynamic configuration. It means that DHCP automatically assigns and obtain the IP addresses from the computer connected to the internet and also have some additional features.

What are the pros and cons of DHCP?

DHCP Pros: Easy to administer, easy to change the IP addressing schema on the fly, ‘plug n play’ DHCP Cons: Less secure, less control, more overhead (broadcast) traffic on your network Static IP is of course the complete opposite of DHCP in terms of pros/cons but it really loses its edge to DHCP on a LAN with a very large number of users.

What are the alternatives to using DHCP?

There are five alternatives to Free DHCP Server for Windows, Linux and Windows S. The best alternative is Serva 32/64 , which is free. Other great apps like Free DHCP Server are TFTPD32 (Free, Open Source), Open DHCP Server (Free, Open Source), AOMEI PXE Boot (Paid) and ISC DHCP (Free, Open Source).

Is there a benefit using DHCP?

One main advantage of using DHCP is that DHCP servers greatly reduce the time required to configure and reconfigure computers on your network.

How to configure DHCP?

Log into Windows XP with administrator rights.