IP assignment and authenticated port

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 02/02/15 10:15, Sarah Thomas wrote:
>   If there is a dhcp server running on the switch, how does the dhcp
> server get to know whether the port is authenticated  to send the IP
> address to the wired station that is connected to that port?
> 
> Is that handled inside dhcp server?

A DHCP server responds to requests it receives from DHCP clients. So the
server does not "push" address assignments to clients, it's the clients
who "pull" them from the server.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol