Zillow interview question

DHCP vs Static IP

Interview Answer

Anonymous

14 Feb 2017

DHCP assigned address automatically, reserved pool of IP address and address assignment is performed by DORA process, that is D-discover, O-offer, R-request, A-acknowledgment. Static IP - manual assignment of IP address. In case of failure of DHCP server, APIPA (Automatic Private IP Address Assignment) is used.

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