Advantages of DHCP Over Static IP Addresses
Depending on your situation, DHCP may have several advantages over simply assigning each system its own static IP addresses. These advantages include the following:
Ease of maintenance. DHCP automatically keeps track of which IP addresses are in use and which ones are free. This prevents the system administrator from having to keep track of which IP addresses can be assigned to new clients, as well as having to remember to reclaim old IP addresses when clients are permanently removed from the network. All of this is handled automatically with DHCP.
Ease of installing new clients. When new clients are installed, you (or the user) do not have to worry about setting up the network information. You can simply ...
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