role of BOOTP in dhcp

hai,
Can any body tell me the role of BOOTP in DHCP.explain me in
detail.And also give me various test cases the can be applied to my
DHCP to test it.
Thanking you,
K.Rajasekhar.

RajaSekhar.Kavuri wrote:

> hai,
> Can any body tell me the role of BOOTP in DHCP.explain me in
> detail.And also give me various test cases the can be applied to my
> DHCP to test it.
> Thanking you,
> K.Rajasekhar.

All you ever wanted to know about BOOTP ...

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc951.html
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1534.html

(The first is a little dated). It's amazing what you can find on google.

Pete

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RajaSekhar.Kavuri wrote:
> hai,
> Can any body tell me the role of BOOTP in DHCP.explain me in
> detail.And also give me various test cases the can be applied to my
> DHCP to test it.
> Thanking you,
> K.Rajasekhar.

Are you attempting to let us do all your homework?

(DHCP is an extension of BOOTP).

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