DHCPOFFER
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DHCPOFFER is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to propose network configuration parameters, such as an IP address lease, to a client.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DHCPOFFER canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10141817 — 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: DHCPOFFER Context triple: [RFC 1541, definesMessageType, DHCPOFFER]
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A.
DHCPACK
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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B.
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPREQUEST is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message used by a client to request or renew an IP address lease and related configuration parameters from a DHCP server.
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C.
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPDISCOVER is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message used by a client to locate available DHCP servers and request initial network configuration.
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D.
DHCPNAK
DHCPNAK is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message type used by a server to indicate that a client's requested or previously assigned IP configuration is invalid or cannot be granted.
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E.
DHCPDECLINE
DHCPDECLINE is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a client to inform the server that the offered IP address is already in use or otherwise invalid.
- 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: DHCPOFFER Target entity description: DHCPOFFER is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to propose network configuration parameters, such as an IP address lease, to a client.
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A.
DHCPACK
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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B.
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPREQUEST is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message used by a client to request or renew an IP address lease and related configuration parameters from a DHCP server.
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C.
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPDISCOVER is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message used by a client to locate available DHCP servers and request initial network configuration.
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D.
DHCPNAK
DHCPNAK is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message type used by a server to indicate that a client's requested or previously assigned IP configuration is invalid or cannot be granted.
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E.
DHCPDECLINE
DHCPDECLINE is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a client to inform the server that the offered IP address is already in use or otherwise invalid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DHCP message type
ⓘ
network protocol control message ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | DHCP Offer ⓘ |
| canBeBroadcast | true ⓘ |
| canBeUnicast | true ⓘ |
| containsLeaseParameters |
IP address
ⓘ
lease duration ⓘ rebinding (T2) time ⓘ renewal (T1) time ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 2131 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsMessageType | DHCPDISCOVER ⓘ |
| hasNumericTypeCode | 2 ⓘ |
| includesField |
chaddr (client hardware address)
ⓘ
options field ⓘ siaddr (server IP address) ⓘ yiaddr (your IP address) ⓘ |
| includesOption |
DHCP Message Type option
ⓘ
Domain Name Server option ⓘ IP address lease time option ⓘ Router (default gateway) option ⓘ Server Identifier option ⓘ Subnet Mask option ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| mayContain |
broadcast address option
ⓘ
domain name option ⓘ vendor-specific options ⓘ |
| occursInPhase | DHCP address allocation phase ⓘ |
| partOf | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesMessageType | DHCPREQUEST ⓘ |
| purpose |
offer network configuration parameters to a client
ⓘ
propose an IP address lease ⓘ provide configuration options such as subnet mask and router ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
DHCPACK
ⓘ
DHCPDECLINE ⓘ DHCPNAK ⓘ |
| reliability | uses retransmission by server if no response ⓘ |
| requires | valid DHCPDISCOVER from client ⓘ |
| selectionBehavior | client may receive multiple offers and choose one ⓘ |
| sentBy | DHCP server ⓘ |
| sentTo | DHCP client ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| transportProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automatic IP address assignment
ⓘ
centralized network configuration management ⓘ |
| usedIn | IPv4 networks ⓘ |
| usesDestinationPort | 68 ⓘ |
| usesSourcePort | 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: DHCPOFFER Description of subject: DHCPOFFER is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message sent by a server to propose network configuration parameters, such as an IP address lease, to a client.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.