title: Get clients on the network discover the server
body: <p>I'm currently writing a Java application that uses TCP/IP to communicate. What i'm trying to accomplish is to get the client to easy find the server and connect by sending some message out.</p>
  
  <p>The question now is:
  What can i do to make the client discover the server?</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way i can send a message to the router (DHCP-server maybe) that tells it that I'm using this service? Then the client could check if there is anything like that on the router (DHCP-server) and connect to the appropriate IP.</p>
  
  <p>Hopefully someone can help.</p>