DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Suppose, you own a cyber cafe and you have a network in which there are 5 computers. Now you want to add a new computer to the network. So you configure the IP configuration on the computer and assign a static IP address to it followed by the subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server address. Later, you thought of increasing your business and bought 10 more computers. Now to add the newly bought 10 computers, you need to configure the IPs for each and every one of them. You are a smart guy so you configured 10 random IPs to these computers. But now when you start these computers, one of the computers was not able to connect to the network. That's bad !! This happened due to the IP conflict. In a network it is very important to have unique IP addresses for every device connected. But in your case two computers in the network mistakenly had the same IP address. To avoid this cumbersome activity and to restrict your network from IP conflict you should use a DHCP server. DHCP to th