DHCPACK
E207721
DHCPACK is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to confirm and finalize the configuration parameters (such as IP address and lease time) offered to a client.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DHCPACK canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1866758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DHCPACK Context triple: [RFC 2131, definesMessageType, DHCPACK]
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A.
DHCP
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses and other configuration parameters to devices on an IP network.
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B.
BOOTP
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) is an older network protocol used to automatically assign IP addresses and boot configuration to diskless or thin-client machines over a network.
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C.
ARP
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.
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D.
Datagram Delivery Protocol
Datagram Delivery Protocol is the connectionless network-layer protocol of the AppleTalk suite, responsible for routing and delivering datagram packets between AppleTalk nodes.
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E.
RFC 2132
RFC 2132 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the DHCP options and BOOTP vendor extensions used for configuring network clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DHCPACK Target entity description: DHCPACK is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to confirm and finalize the configuration parameters (such as IP address and lease time) offered to a client.
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A.
DHCP
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses and other configuration parameters to devices on an IP network.
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B.
BOOTP
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) is an older network protocol used to automatically assign IP addresses and boot configuration to diskless or thin-client machines over a network.
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C.
ARP
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.
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D.
Datagram Delivery Protocol
Datagram Delivery Protocol is the connectionless network-layer protocol of the AppleTalk suite, responsible for routing and delivering datagram packets between AppleTalk nodes.
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E.
RFC 2132
RFC 2132 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the DHCP options and BOOTP vendor extensions used for configuring network clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DHCP message type
ⓘ
DHCP server-to-client message ⓘ |
| confirms |
DNS server addresses
ⓘ
IP address assignment ⓘ default gateway ⓘ lease duration ⓘ other DHCP configuration options ⓘ subnet mask ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
DHCPDECLINE
ⓘ
DHCPINFORM ⓘ DHCPNAK ⓘ DHCPOFFER ⓘ DHCPRELEASE ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 2131 ⓘ |
| follows |
DHCPOFFER
ⓘ
DHCPREQUEST ⓘ |
| hasDirection | server-to-client ⓘ |
| hasRole |
configuration confirmation message
ⓘ
lease finalization message ⓘ |
| includesField |
chaddr (client hardware address)
ⓘ
options field ⓘ yiaddr (your IP address) ⓘ |
| includesOption |
DHCP Message Type option
ⓘ
Domain Name Server option ⓘ IP address lease time option ⓘ Router option ⓘ Server Identifier option ⓘ Subnet Mask option ⓘ |
| indicates | successful processing of DHCPREQUEST ⓘ |
| mayContain |
renewed lease parameters
ⓘ
updated configuration options ⓘ |
| partOf |
DHCP
ⓘ
surface form:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
| precedes | normal IP traffic by client ⓘ |
| requires | valid DHCPREQUEST from client ⓘ |
| sentBy | DHCP server ⓘ |
| sentTo | DHCP client ⓘ |
| transportProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
| usedFor |
initial address allocation
ⓘ
lease renewal ⓘ rebinding ⓘ |
| usedIn | DHCP ⓘ |
| usedInPhase |
DHCP address allocation phase
ⓘ
DHCP lease renewal phase ⓘ DHCP rebinding phase ⓘ |
| usesClientPort | 68 ⓘ |
| usesServerPort | 67 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DHCPACK Description of subject: DHCPACK is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to confirm and finalize the configuration parameters (such as IP address and lease time) offered to a client.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.