From: Stefan Grey (examplebrain@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2007 - 06:23:36 ART
Hello guys,
Could you please explain me the following?? Which addresses (MAC and IP) do
the host and the DHCP server use in the process of communication.
Could you please confirm and expain the following thigs??
Do I correctly understand that the hosts sends the DHCP request with
destination FF:FF:FF:FF MAC and destination IP 255.255.255.255 to the local
network?? It uses its MAC as the source... which IP address does it use as
the source?? And then the DHCP address answers in unicast as I remember with
its IP and MAC as the source and the MAC of the hosts as the MAC
destination... which IP it uses as the destination IP address??
The question appeared because I can't understand how two layer 7 devices can
communicate without know the IP address exactly. How do they overcome here
this problem. I did a short research on this but the documents didn't give
me the details.
Thank you very much.
Please help...
Regards,
Stefan.
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