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.