Common Network Protocols - CompTIA A+ 220-801: 2.4

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

• Automated configuration of IP address subnet mask and other options.
• Requires a DCHP server
• Server, appliance, ect
• Dynamic
• IP addresses are assigned in real time from a pool.
• Each system is given a lease and must renew at set intervals
• Static
• Addresses are assigned by MAC address in the DCHP server
• Quickly readdress serv ers from one location

DNS (Domain Name Services)

•  Converts names to IP addresses
• These are very critical resources
• IF DNS isn't working, you're not working.

• Protocol for reading and writing, directories over an IP network.
• An organized set of records, like a phone directory

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

• Protocol for reading and writing directories over an IP network
• An organized set of records, like a phone directory.
• X.50 specification was written by the international Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• They know directories!

•  DAP ran on the OSI protocol stack
• LDAP is lightweight, and uses TCP/IP (tcp/389 and udp/389)
• LDAP is the protocol used to query and update an X.500 directory
• Used in Windows active Directory, Apple Open Directory, Novell eDirectory, ect.

X.500 Distinguished Names

• attribute= value pairs

• Most specific attribute is listed first

•                 This may be similar to the way you already think