Press Release

February 1, 2001

O'Reilly Releases Essential Guide to DHCP for Windows 2000

Sebastopol, CA--"DHCP can quickly become an essential piece of an organization's data network. Once set up, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is usually hardly noticed, silently and faithfully performing its duties, day in and day out," says Neall Alcott, author of the just-released book DHCP for Windows 2000 (O'Reilly, US $34.95). "Unfortunately, the hardest thing about DHCP is getting it to that point."

DHCP is an open standard Internet protocol used to allocate and manage IP addresses dynamically. Before DHCP came along, administrators had to manually configure each host on a network with an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Maintaining the changes and the associated logs took a tremendous amount of time and was prone to error. DHCP uses a client/server model in which the system updates and maintains the network information dynamically. Windows 2000 provides enhanced DHCP client-server support.

DHCP for Windows 2000 is written for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining networks with Windows 2000 servers. It explains the DHCP protocol and how to install and manage DHCP on both servers and clients-including client platforms other than Windows 2000.

Readers get detailed and explicit instructions for using Windows 2000 DHCP to manage their network IP configurations much more efficiently and effectively. They get background information for using DHCP in general, plus complete information about the Windows 2000 use of DHCP. For those interested in what's on the horizon, the author steps up to the plate with an analysis of the future direction of DHCP and Windows support for IPv6.

• Chapter 4, Designing a DHCP Infrastructure, is available free online.

• An article by the author, "A Guide to Designing a DHCP Infrastructure."

• More information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, author bio, and samples.

• A cover graphic in jpeg format.

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