BOOTP is implemented using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for transport protocol, port number 67 is used by the (DHCP) server for receiving client-requests and port number 68 is used by the client for receiving (DHCP) server responses. BOOTP operates only on IPv4 networks.

What is the port no of DHCP?

The DHCP employs a connectionless service model, using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). It is implemented with two UDP port numbers for its operations which are the same as for the bootstrap protocol (BOOTP). UDP port number 67 is the destination port of a server, and UDP port number 68 is used by the client.

What is UDP 67 used for?

Where the Network Discovery Agent acts as the current discoverer for the network, it may use UDP Port 67 during its discovery scans. DHCP servers also use port 67 to initiate communication between the client and server on the network.