BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) is a protocol
that lets a network user be automatically configured (receive an IP
address) and have an operating
system booted
(initiated) without user involvement. The BOOTP server, managed by a
network administrator, automatically assigns the IP address from a pool of addresses for a certain
duration of time.
BOOTP is the basis for a more advanced network manager protocol, the Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP).
Contributor(s): Joe Brown
This was last updated in August 2006
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