DHCP Message Exchange in a L2 Broadcast DomainΒΆ

The DHCP service runs within a L2 broadcast domain. When a host sends a DHCP discovery message and there is no DHCP service that receives the packet in the broadcast domain, the host interface will not be configured.

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The process can be represented in a bounce diagram of the message exchanges:

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