Learn about the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol in detail, including use of broadcast, unicast, and relaying; lease states and transitions; and client options. Configure a DHCP server for college/university-wide use, including multiple subnets, fixed and dynamic addressing, restricted access, and failover for redundancy.
Please bring a notebook/laptop computer to use as a DHCP client. If you didn't attend Day 1 and build a server in class, please also bring a newly-installed copy of the ISC DHCP server on a second computer.
If you have extensive experience with the ISC server in an enterprise setting, you may prefer to arrive for the afternoon of Day 2 or on Day 3.
Schedule:
| 08:00 | Welcome/Orientation (as Needed) |
| 08:30 | DHCP in Detail--Rationale, Protocol in Operation, and Message Timeline |
| 09:15 | Lab: Troubleshooting DHCP Operational Problems |
| Break | |
| 10:00 | Expanding the Server--Client Options, Multiple Subnets |
| 11:00 | Lab: Configuring Client Options, Multiple Subnets |
| Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Fixed and Dynamic Addressing |
| 13:30 | Mini-Lab: Fixed and Dynamic Addressing |
| 14:00 | Host Classification |
| 14:30 | Mini-Lab: MAC Address Host Classification for Access Control |
| Break | |
| 15:15 | Building Redundancy--Server Failover |
| 15:45 | Lab: Configuring Failover |
| End of Day 2 |