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Control Protocol (DHCP). If you have DHCP (most networks do) and your

computer is configured to obtain an IP address automatically, your computer

boots up and will broadcast a DHCP request. The DHCP server provides

your computer with all the IP information it needs to get on the network (see

Figure 19-6).

Figure 19-6 A DHCP server handing out an IP address

You can also manually input an IP address, by the way, creating a static IP

address. Static means it doesn’t change until you or some other tech changes

it manually.

EXAM TIP Network administrators set up DHCP servers to save IP

addresses for specific functions, such as servers or printers. These are called

DHCP reservations. Typically, any servers have a reserved IP address. A

small network with network ID of 192.168.4.x will commonly reserve .1 for

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