What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)?

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DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) In networks with a large number of hosts, statically assigning IP addresses and other IP information quickly becomes impractical. Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) provides administrators with a mechanism to dynamically allocate IP addresses, gateway and DNS rather than manually setting the address on each device. DHCP servers lease out IP … Read more