DHCP Primer Page 7 — A Review of the DHCP Bennies We've learned a whole bushel of facts about DHCP today, including the most important benefits that DHCP can bring to your network. Namely: You can easily share a broadband Internet connection among multiple computers using a simple piece of network hardware or software with DHCP. DHCP makes it simple to add, remove or change the location of computers on your network. DHCP's dynamic addressing scheme adds an extra level of security to your network. Your ISP will be fooled into thinking you only have one computer connected to the Internet. No need to spend your money on extra IP addresses -- you've got as many as you need! DHCP is fun and exciting and will win you the respect you deserve. Remember that there are several different paths you can follow when using DHCP. As we have seen, hardware is the easiest: no software to install, no extra hubs to buy, and no substantial drop in connection speed. Though not as easy to use as hardware, software packages have their advantages as well, mostly because of their additional features and low, sometimes non-existent, cost. Now that you've got the skills, go forth and share that connection! Keep it secure, keep it dynamic, and keep eating those ramen noodles. To last page of DHCP Back to the HTML Home Page