what is dns/dhcp configuration
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). DHCP is a network protocol that is used to assign various network parameters to a device. This greatly simplifies administration, since there is no need to assign static network parameters for each device separately. DHCP is a client-server protocol. A client is a device that is configured to use DHCP to request network parameters from a DHCP server. DHCP server maintains a pool of available IP addresses and assignes one of them to the host. A DHCP server can also provide some other parameters, such as: