The Discovery and Basic Configuration Protocol (DCP) is a protocol definition within the
PROFINET context. It is a
link layer based protocol to configure station names and IP addresses. It is restricted to the local network segment and mainly used in small and medium applications without an installed
DHCP
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks for automatically assigning IP addresses and other communication parameters to devices connected to the network using a cli ...
server.
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References
External links
*https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/wikis/PROFINET/DCP
Link protocols