An Improvement of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Abstract: Traditionally, the obligation of network administrators is to manually configure each machine and keep track of IP address assignments. While this is enough for small networks with a small number of systems, the overhead of manually supervising addresses within the network becomes prohibitively luxurious as the number of hosts increases. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was derived from a previous protocol called the Bootstrap protocol (BOOTP), which was used to pass the information during primary booting to client systems. It allowed diskless clients (systems without any disk) to store configuration in a centralized server. An issue here arises that BOOTP only issued static IP addresses as an effect it needs serious and central management. And it did not address the problem of managing IP addresses as a dynamic source. To manage dynamic configuration in general and dynamic IP addresses, a new addition to BOOTP called DHCP was developed. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a structure for dynamically passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network. On the other hand, it still has deficiencies that affect the connection on networks. The proponents decided to obtain this topic because they that if this kind of protocol will be enhanced more, it will give more help to network administrators and to small and big businesses that use this kind of protocol in their network. The researchers found out about the protocol by reading a computer-networking book. After learning about the nature and services that the said protocol gives, they became determined to enhance it for the benefit of the IT industry. The proponents researched to different university libraries around Metro Manila and gathered different information through the World Wide Web. After reading and analyzing the data, they’ve retrieved, they’ve sought advices from different people knowledgeable about the said topic if their study is good for thesis or not. Major research and trial and errors were made in order to formulate the ideas for the enhancement of the said topic. At last, when they already found and got all the things they need, they’ve started to plan for its implementation. They’ve planned, designed for the said program in order to come up with the necessary outcome of their study. In this thesis, the proponents propose to add message alert, notification of updated information and a new kind of rule in sorting IP addresses. The study also aims to provide a more reliable, dependable management of IP addresses within an enterprise using a newly improved Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

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Abstract: Traditionally, the obligation of network administrators is to manually configure each machine and keep track of IP address assignments. While this is enough for small networks with a small number of systems, the overhead of manually supervising addresses within the network becomes prohibitively luxurious as the number of hosts increases. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was derived from a previous protocol called the Bootstrap protocol (BOOTP), which was used to pass the information during primary booting to client systems. It allowed diskless clients (systems without any disk) to store configuration in a centralized server. An issue here arises that BOOTP only issued static IP addresses as an effect it needs serious and central management. And it did not address the problem of managing IP addresses as a dynamic source. To manage dynamic configuration in general and dynamic IP addresses, a new addition to BOOTP called DHCP was developed. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a structure for dynamically passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network. On the other hand, it still has deficiencies that affect the connection on networks. The proponents decided to obtain this topic because they that if this kind of protocol will be enhanced more, it will give more help to network administrators and to small and big businesses that use this kind of protocol in their network. The researchers found out about the protocol by reading a computer-networking book. After learning about the nature and services that the said protocol gives, they became determined to enhance it for the benefit of the IT industry. The proponents researched to different university libraries around Metro Manila and gathered different information through the World Wide Web. After reading and analyzing the data, they've retrieved, they've sought advices from different people knowledgeable about the said topic if their study is good for thesis or not. Major research and trial and errors were made in order to formulate the ideas for the enhancement of the said topic. At last, when they already found and got all the things they need, they've started to plan for its implementation. They've planned, designed for the said program in order to come up with the necessary outcome of their study. In this thesis, the proponents propose to add message alert, notification of updated information and a new kind of rule in sorting IP addresses. The study also aims to provide a more reliable, dependable management of IP addresses within an enterprise using a newly improved Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

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