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Problems With Static ConfigurationThere are a number of clear problems with static configuration of network attributes:
A partial solutionThe most 'stable' attribute in most networking configurations is the network interface card's MAC address, such as a card's 48-bit Ethernet address. (many new Ethernet cards can change their MAC addresses programmatically - a mixed blessing!) As with the ARP protocol described earlier, a newly booted client computer can broadcast its Ethernet address via the Reverse Address-Resolution Protocol (RARP).
The client broadcasts its RARP request,
and any host acting as a RARP server
may reply with the client's allocated IP address.
CITS3002 Computer Networks, Lecture 7, The TCP/IP protocol suite, p15, 17th April 2024.
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