It is a network device, used to auto assign the ip to the connected devices from a pool of IPs
Benefits of DHCP :
– Reliable IP address configuration : Assigns Auto Individual IPs to users
– Reduced network administration : It will takes cares of assigning of IPs , if it is not available , users manually needs to assign IP s to each users
– Mobility : Change the IP s on Connection and Disconnection , assign existing IP to new user
DHCP components :
DHCP server : Application or Device for DHCP
DHCP client : Users
IP address pool : Available range of IP S
Subnet : Indicated Network and host parts
Lease : Assigning time period with IP to user
DHCP relay : A router or host that listens for client messages being broadcast on that network and then forwards them to a configured server is the DHCP relay.