Editing Local area network (section)

=== Network layer configuration ===
[[Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol|DHCP]] is used to assign internal IP addresses to members of a local area network. A DHCP server typically runs on the router<ref>[http://www.whatismyip.com/ip-faq/what-is-dhcp/ What is DHCP?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207234400/http://www.whatismyip.com/ip-faq/what-is-dhcp/|date=2013-12-07}}. whatismyip.com.</ref> with end devices as its clients. All DHCP clients request configuration settings using the DHCP protocol in order to acquire their [[IP address]], a [[default route]] and one or more [[DNS server]] addresses. Once the client implements these settings, it will be able to communicate on that [[Internetwork|internet]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, United States |last2=Sadiku |first2=Matthew N. O. |last3=Tembely |first3=Mahamadou |last4=Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, United States |last5=Musa |first5=Sarhan M. |last6=Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, United States |date=2017-05-30 |title=Home Area Networks: A Primer |url=http://ijarcsse.com/docs/papers/Volume_7/5_May2017/SV7I5-0208.pdf |journal=International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=634–635 |doi=10.23956/ijarcsse/SV7I5/208 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-12}}</ref>