Question : difference between NAT and DHCP

hi all,

i like to know the difference between NAT and DHCP.In which instances these 2 can be used. Are these 2 dependent on each other.

thanka and regards
aravind

Answer : difference between NAT and DHCP

NAT - is Network Address Translation and is used to translate one ip address to another, or in some cases translate many private ip addresses to on address.  http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1631.html

DHCP - is a mechanism to dish out IP Address dynamically to clients,  this is an alternative to statically configured an IP address on the client machine.  http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/dhcp.htm

No, they are not dependent on each other.

Hope this helps.