DHCP
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client / server protocol from computer technology. Clients are assigned in computer networks by a server. The DHCP protocol makes it much easier to assign a device within a network. In a network based on TCP / IP, each device must have a unique IP address. This is the on-ly way for the device to access the data within the network. If the DHCP protocol were not used, the IP address of each individual device that is moved from one sub-net to another would have to be assigned manually. Devices removed from the network would then also have to be configured manually again. The DHCP protocol automates this entire process.