Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) enables other computers in a home/office network to acquire IP adresses similar to that of the server. Most of the broadband routers have in built DHCP server. The DHCP server will automatically assign an IP address to all the computers in the network.
The DHCP server IP address must first be configure eg 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.2.2. If there are multiple routers in the network, no two routers must must have similar DHCP server IP address or no two routers must be configure in the same network eg router 1 having an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and router 2 having similar IP address of 192.168.1.2. It can never work. The starting and ending IP addresses must be specified. The starting IP address starts from the next number after the DHCP server IP address i.e if the DHCP server IP is 192.168.1.1 then the starting IP will be 192.168.1.2 and the ending IP will be 192.168.1.254.
Also the lease time must be specified according to your requirement. Lease time is the length of time for the IP assigned to the computers. The lease time can be set starting from one 1 day upwards.

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