There are several advantages, such as you do not need to manually configure each client with its own address. You can release your IP of one offline computer and imediately assign it to another online computer.
DHCP Server can be a standalone server
Advantages:Clients have ready access to their DHCP servers.All client/server traffic is local.There is no worry about DHCP traffic adding to the burden of routers.
DHCP s just a server that provides IP details to a computer. Since it can be set up to give statc IP address details to specific computers it has no disadvantage....unless of course the DHCP server crashes.
yes DHCP require the authorization of the dhcp server before IP addresses can be allocated because until we authorize DHCP server the network does not know who is the dhcp server for the subnet. The DHCP server broadcasts the information to all.
How to install the DHCP in win 8 server
(DHCP) Dynamic host Configuration Protocol. The Default Port Number is: for DHCP client : 546 for DHCP server : 547
dhcp has to be authorized
dhcp-client
DHCP server configuration in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf(FEDORA)or /etc/dhcpd.conf (RHEL).
Usually nothing, today all routers have a DHCP server included.
Router is usually configured as a DHCP client for WAN (Internet) network and as a DHCP server for local network.
The Integrated Router is both a DHCP client and a server (p 186 BMF)