Windows 2000 DHCP
** Dynamic host configuration protocol is used to automatically assign TCP/IP addresses to clients along with the correct subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server. Two ways for a computer to get its IP address: Using DHCP from a DHCP server. Manual configuration. DHCP Scopes Scope - A range of IP addresses that the DHCP server can assign to clients that are on one subnet. Superscope - A range of IP addresses that span several subnets. The DHCP server can assign these addresses to clients that are on several subnets. Multicast scope - A range of class D addresses from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 that can be assigned to computers when they ask for them. A multicast group is assigned to one IP address. Multicasting can be used to send messages to a group of computers at the same time with only one copy of the message. The Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP) is used to request a multicast address from a DHCP server. One way to create a superscope is to se...