Unix / PC Integration (2)
Namespace communication: Unix uses DNS, WindowNT uses WINS. To have both operating systems on your network, you need to get the namespaces communicating
Namespace protocols (DHCP, WINS)
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (RFC 1993, 1541) published in 1989 (IETF)
- it is meant to replace BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
- supports all extensions of BOOTP
- both protocols provide a mechanism to configure a workstation's network parameters (such as IP address, mask, gateway) and download other data to the workstation.
- IP address can be assigned : manually, automatically, dynamically
- supports IP2 with longer naming scheme
- one DHCP server and many clients; if there is one server for many subnets, routers have to forward DHCP packets