DHCP Full Form Name
Full Form of DHCP:
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
DHCP Full Form is Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP is a standard client or server protocol
used over IP networks. This protocol is mainly used for assigning dynamic IP
addresses to the user devices in a particular network. Simply, DHCP dynamically
distributes certain configuration parameters like IP addresses, subnet mask or
default gateway, related to the network. Hosts can smoothly obtain required TCP/IP
information from a particular DHCP server by the help of DHCP.
As DHCP helps the host to
configure certain parameters automatically, it reduces the requirement and need
of a system or network administrator to configure those things manually.
Dynamic allocation, automatic allocation and manual allocation — these are the
three methods which are typically used by DHCP to help a computer obtaining IP
addresses.
By the use of UDP (User Datagram
Protocol), a connectionless service model is effectively employed by DHCP. DHCP
discovery, DHCP offer, DHCP request, and DHCP acknowledgement are the four
primary and important stages in a DHCP operation. This protocol allows a device
to obtain different working IP addresses every time it connects to the parent
network. It uses a mix of static and dynamic addresses. Therefore, by the help
of DHCP, user’s IP address can automatically change while the user is still
connected to the network through that address.