DHCPv4

.. _dhcpv4_interface:

DHCPv4

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Overview

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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used on IPv4 networks. A DHCPv4 server dynamically assigns an IPv4 address and other network configuration parameters to each device on a network so they can communicate with other IP networks. See this DHCP Wikipedia article <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol>_ for a detailed overview of how DHCP works.

Note that Zephyr supports both DHCPv4 client and server functionality.

Sample usage

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See :zephyr:code-sample:dhcpv4-client sample application for details.

API Reference

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.. doxygengroup:: dhcpv4