DHCP, four letters that network administrators love. Would you like to know why?
What is DHCP?
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a helpful solution for management, very used on TCP/IP networks. It provides automatically IP addresses and all the necessary network configurations (DNS server, default gateway, etc.) to connected devices to communicate.
The magic word here is “automatically”. Usually, such tasks are executed manually by network administrators. If they manage a small network, it can be ok. But talking about big networks to be in charge of that can really be overwhelming.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol works on a client-server model. Clients must have DHCP to communicate with a DHCP server properly.