. "DHCPD"@en . . . . "yes" . . . "dhcpd (an abbreviation for \"DHCP daemon\") is the name of a program that operates as a daemon on a server to provide Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service to a network Clients may solicit an IP address (IP) from a DHCP server when they need one. The DHCP server then offers the \"lease\" of an IP address to the client, which the client is free to request or ignore."@en .