DHCPINFORM
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DHCPINFORM is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message type used by a client to request additional configuration parameters from a DHCP server without obtaining or renewing an IP address lease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DHCPINFORM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8852371 — 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: DHCPINFORM Context triple: [DHCPNAK, mayBeSentInResponseTo, DHCPINFORM]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
DHCP options
DHCP options are configurable parameters in the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol that provide clients with network configuration details such as IP addresses, gateways, and DNS servers.
- 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: DHCPINFORM Target entity description: DHCPINFORM is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message type used by a client to request additional configuration parameters from a DHCP server without obtaining or renewing an IP address lease.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
DHCP options
DHCP options are configurable parameters in the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol that provide clients with network configuration details such as IP addresses, gateways, and DNS servers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DHCP control message
ⓘ
DHCP message type ⓘ |
| canBe |
broadcast
ⓘ
unicast ⓘ |
| category | network protocol control message ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 2131 ⓘ |
| doesNot |
renew existing IP address lease
ⓘ
request new IP address lease ⓘ |
| hasField |
chaddr
ⓘ
ciaddr ⓘ flags ⓘ giaddr ⓘ hlen ⓘ hops ⓘ htype ⓘ op ⓘ options ⓘ secs ⓘ siaddr ⓘ xid ⓘ yiaddr ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
obtain DHCP options without lease allocation
ⓘ
request additional configuration parameters ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| messageCode | 8 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
DHCP
|
| relatedTo |
DHCPACK
ⓘ
DHCPDECLINE ⓘ DHCPDISCOVER ⓘ DHCPNAK ⓘ DHCPOFFER ⓘ DHCPRELEASE ⓘ DHCPRENEW ⓘ DHCPREQUEST ⓘ |
| replyMessageType | DHCPACK ⓘ |
| requires | client IP address in ciaddr field ⓘ |
| sentTo | DHCP server ⓘ |
| transportProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
| usedBy | DHCP client ⓘ |
| usedFor |
retrieving DNS configuration
ⓘ
retrieving default gateway information ⓘ retrieving other site-specific options ⓘ retrieving vendor-specific options ⓘ stateless configuration information ⓘ |
| usedWhen |
IP address is obtained by non-DHCP means
ⓘ
client already has a valid IP address ⓘ client needs additional DHCP options ⓘ |
| usesPort |
UDP port 67
ⓘ
UDP port 68 ⓘ |
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: DHCPINFORM Description of subject: DHCPINFORM is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) message type used by a client to request additional configuration parameters from a DHCP server without obtaining or renewing an IP address lease.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.