# DHCP Features

DHCP provides a mechanism through which computers using Transmission Control Protocol/IP (TCP/IP) can obtain an IP address and protocol configuration parameters automatically from a DHCP server on the network.

The E Series router provides support for the following DHCP features:

- DHCP proxy client
- DHCP relay agent
- DHCP relay proxy
- DHCP local server
- DHCP external server

For more information about DHCP, see DHCP Overview Information.