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- 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).

CONTRIBUTORS:	Joe Brown
LAST UPDATED:	07 Aug 2006

Read more about BOOTP:

-	IANA lists BOOTP Vendor Extensions and DHCP Options.
-	Network Sorcery provides more information about BOOTP.

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