Acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
Allows hosts on your network to be automatically told the details of your network. This is a good thing because it means that you can easily renumber your network without having to go to every machine and change it's static ip. You can still give machines static ip's with DHCP you simply bind the ip to the MACAddress? of that machine. DHCP can also be used to tell hosts about their gateway and their dns servers.
See DHCPNotes
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