DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol which is used by many sites to automatically provide information such as IP addresses, subnet masks and routing information to computers. If your network uses DHCP, you will need a DHCP client in order to connect to it. DHCP is also used by some cable modems. We currently provide installation instructions for two DHCP clients, those from the dhcp and dhcpcd packages. After we discuss installing the packages, we will also discuss how to configure your bootscripts to allow you to use dhcp as a client. &connect-dhcp-client; &dhcpcd; &connect-dhcp-config;