I am writing a short essay about two major topics of DHCP. The first topic would be explaining the benefits of using DHCP instead of a static addresses. The second topic is explaining why DHCP is a better option than using static addresses. DHCP is known as (Dynamically Host Configuration Protocol) that uses a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other configurations information such as the subnet mask and default gateway. RFCs 2131 and 2132 define DHCP as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard based on Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), a protocol which DHCP shares many operation details. DHCP allows hosts to obtain required TCP/IP configuration information from a DHCP server.

Dynamically Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides four key benefits to managing and maintaining a TCP/IP networks. Those four terms are centralized administration of IP configuration, Dynamic Host Configuration, Seamless IP host configuration, and Flexibility and Scalability. DHCP has reliable IP address configuration, which minimizes configuration errors caused by manual IP address configuration, such as address conflicts caused by the assignment of an IP address to more than one computer at the same time. DHCP also benefits in reducing network administration. DHCP reduce the network administration by using centralized and automated TCP/IP configuration. It has the ability to define the TCP/IP configurations from a central location and the ability to assign a full range of additional TCP/P configuration values by means of DHCP options. DHCP is safe and reliable configuration, and also reduces configuration management.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) has some advantages over a statically assigning the client with an IP address. One advantage is If your client is configured for Windows Internet