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DHCP - Linux Tutorial

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DHCP

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- [Instructor] DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol takes care of handing out IP addresses to systems on a network and provides clients with other information as well. Every system on an IP network needs a unique address in order to communicate with its peers. Rather than having to manually set IP addresses for every network client as we've done in previous episodes, DHCP runs on a system, often the same one that's acting as the network's router or gateway, and distributes addresses to clients automatically. For very high volume networks or for redundancy reasons, DHCP can be handled by a separate system or group of systems or by hardware plants. On a Linux system, we can use the package isc-dhcp-server to provide a DHCP service on the network. Starting up a DHCP server on a network that already has one can be disruptive. So if you're experimenting with DHCP, it's best to do it on an isolated or otherwise private…

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