RHCE # Week # 209

Question: 

Which of the following network protocols are used by the dhclient command to configure the IP addresses of computers on the network?

A. RARP and DHCP
B. BOOTP and RARP
C. BOOTP and DHCP
D. The dhclient command does not use any protocol. It statically assigns the address to the network computers.

Explanation:

The dhclient command is used for configuring one or more network interfaces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP).

If any of these protocol fail, it statically assigns the address to the network computers.

On startup, dhclient reads the dhclient.conf for configuration instructions. It then gets a list of all the network interfaces that are configured in the current system. For each interface, it attempts to configure the interface using the DHCPor BOOTP protocol.

Answer: C