Troubleshooting TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP uses a client-server structure to provide configuration parameters to hosts. It consists of a protocol that provides host-specific configuration parameters from a DHCP server (or collection of DHCP servers) to a host and a mechanism to allocate network addresses to a host.

The commands in Figure are used to correct DHCP related problems. The commands in Figure display information about DHCP. A troubleshooter uses the information from these commands to isolate problems.