DOES IT COME WITH WINDOWS 2000 WHEN YOU INSTALL IT? No.IS IT PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM? It depends how you define Operating System. The client is part of the TCP/IP protocol. A DHCP server may come with the Operating System software.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CABLE MODEM FROM ISP SUPPLIER IS THE DHCP SITTING AT THE ISP SITE? Yes. A DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) cable MODEM also has a DHCP server which supplies a local IP address which is used to connect to the ISP DHCP server top obtain an IP for the Internet.
WHAT ABOUT WIN2000 SERVER IS DHCP PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM? A DHCP is included as a service with Windows NT/2000 Server.
Windows 2000, 98 SE/Me, etc. Internet Connection Server (ICS) software includes a DHCP server.
Refs:
http://www.dhcp.org/
DHCP Primer, http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/39/index3a.html?tw=backend
http://www.docsis.org/faq.php3
Note: At times (most) I have called DHCP “Dynamic Host Control Protocol.” I’m not sure where I picked that up, but you will see it all over the Internet, including on the web sites of some big players in the network business, such as Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco. I have corrected it in the digest proper, but I can think of no easy way to correct it in this forum.
