BOOTP/DHCP
DHCP is an extension of the BOOTP mechanism. In other words, DHCP uses BOOTP as its transport protocol. This behavior allows existing BOOTP clients to interoperate with DHCP servers without requiring any change to the clients' initialization software; the following table shows basic comparisons between these two protocols:
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BOOTP/DHCP |
BOOTP |
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) |
|---|---|---|
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Meaning |
Bootstrap Protocol |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol extension of BOOTP |
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Year |
1985 |
1993 |
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UDP Server Port |
67 | |
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UDP Client port |
68 | |
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Services |
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RFC |
RFC951 |
RFC 2131 |
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Existence |
Superseded by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
ACTIVE; RFCs keep coming to add more features and support different... |