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HPE6-A86 · Question #65

A CX 6200 VSF stack is the L3 gateway for a mid-sized company. Users are divided into three different subnets on VLANs: 100, 200, and 300. VLAN 50 contains a management network for access points…

The correct answer is B. As a response to the broadcast DHCP query. DHCP clients, such as access points, initially do not know the IP address of the DHCP server. They obtain an IP address by sending a broadcast DHCP discovery message on the local VLAN, to which the DHCP server (or relay) responds.

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Question

A CX 6200 VSF stack is the L3 gateway for a mid-sized company. Users are divided into three different subnets on VLANs: 100, 200, and 300. VLAN 50 contains a management network for access points, switches, and DHCP servers. How do the Access Points get an IP address using DHCP?

Options

  • AAs a response to the multicast DHCP query.
  • BAs a response to the broadcast DHCP query.
  • CAs a response to the anycast DHCP query.
  • DAs a response to the unicast DHCP query

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    70% (19)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    19% (5)

Explanation

DHCP clients, such as access points, initially do not know the IP address of the DHCP server. They obtain an IP address by sending a broadcast DHCP discovery message on the local VLAN, to which the DHCP server (or relay) responds.

Topics

#DHCP#broadcast#VLAN#IP addressing

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