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What is the dhcp process for client machine ?

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What is the dhcp process for client machine ?
posted Dec 8, 2013 by anonymous

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  1. A user turns on a computer with a DHCP client.
  2. The client computer sends a broadcast request (called a DISCOVER or DHCPDISCOVER), looking for a DHCP server to answer.
  3. The router directs the DISCOVER packet to the correct DHCP server.
  4. The server receives the DISCOVER packet. Based on availability and usage policies set on the server, the server determines an appropriate address (if any) to give to the client. The server then temporarily reserves that address for the client and sends back to the client an OFFER (or DHCPOFFER) packet, with that address information. The server also configures the client's DNS servers, WINS servers, NTP servers, and sometimes other services as well.
  5. The client sends a REQUEST (or DHCPREQUEST) packet, letting the server know that it intends to use the address.
  6. The server sends an ACK (or DHCPACK) packet, confirming that the client has been given a lease on the address for a server-specified period of time.
answer Dec 9, 2013 by Vikas Upadhyay
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Here assumption is PGW serves both the APN and UE will get IP addresses for both the default bearers using the DHCP server.
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Case 1 :
IP addresses for both the APN assigned by same DHCP server

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IP address for each APN assigned by different DHCP server.

In both the cases, I want to know how PGW will deal with DHCP message and also on what basis a particular IP will be associated with a default bearer at UE if its uses same default bearer for the DHCP message exchange.

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