After reading this, you won’t hesitate to implement a DHCP server. It will make your daily job or your administrator’s easier!
What is a DHCP server?
DHCP means Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a helpful network protocol for assigning IP addresses (unique identifiers) and more network settings to devices (clients) on a network.
And a DHCP server is the network device (software, or hardware) that is in charge of this service, meaning assigning, in a dynamic way, IP addresses and more providing different data needed for the devices to join the network. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server manages a pool of IP addresses (a table of IP addresses available). It always keeps available IP addresses to be able to assign them to the devices that request them. Every time a device does not need the IP address anymore, it gets back to the pool to use it again.