Automatic IP Address Assignment: How DHCP Works

Explains the concept of DHCP, an application-layer protocol that your own computer probably uses to get an IP address from your network. Here’s a list of the sections in this video and their time codes: 00:14 - A world without DHCP 01:26 - DHCP to the rescue 02:15 - The four-step process My DHCP video was originally uploaded on September 7th 2013, but I made a new version after an attentive viewer pointed out some inaccuracies.