Question

In DHCP discover message, what is the source address and what is the destination address? What are their special meanings?

Answer 1

DHCP FULL FORM:DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCAL

DHCP is application layer protocal

now above question answer:

DHCP Discover message source address is: in DHCP source side address is two address are there

1.source MAC address: means client PC address (whatever client PC address are used address is   like:o8oo2B2EHA2A)  

2. source IP address :0.0.0.0 because pc has no IP address

DHCP Discover message destination adersss is: in DHCP destination address is two address are there

1. Destination MAC address:means server side address (like FFFFFFFFFFFF)

2.Destionation IP addess: IP address is used for broadcasting (like 255.255.255.255)

why IP address and MAC address are used in DHCP: discover message is broadcast to findout the DHCP server or servers in the network therefore broadcast IP address and MAC address are used

what are their special meanings:

source address: means source address is client side address

destination address:means server or servers address

Finally DHCP is client-server model