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==Operation==
▲; Case 1: Client and server on same network
When a BOOTP client is started, it has no IP address, so it broadcasts a message containing its MAC address onto the network. This message is called a “BOOTP request”, and it is picked up by the BOOTP server, which replies to the client with the following information that the client needs:
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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) was developed as an extension of BOOTP. BOOTP is defined in Request for Comments (RFC) 951 and 1084.
▲; Case 2: Client and server on different networks
# Problem with the bootp request is that the request is broadcast. A [[IP_address#Broadcast_addressing|broadcast]] [[IP datagram]] cannot pass through any router. The router discards this packet.
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