DHCP Port 67 Explained Via Roll Safe Thinking Meme

Description

The 'Roll Safe' (Kayode Ewumi pointing to his temple) meme format with text reading 'To everyone who wonders what 67 means' at the top and 'That's the port number. DHCP servers listen on port 67 for incoming DHCP requests.' at the bottom. The man is shown with a smug, knowing expression, wearing a gold watch, with a shop front showing 'Opening' hours in the background. The meme presents obscure networking trivia - DHCP's well-known port 67 - as insider knowledge, playing on the meme format's usual use for questionable life hacks

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Dhcp NetworkProtocols Networking Sysadmin TechHumor NetworkInfrastructureDesign NerdHumor CSFundamentals NetworkEngineering

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick Wait until they learn port 68 is the client side - that's when the real 'it works on my machine' starts

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Wait until they learn port 68 is the client side - that's when the real 'it works on my machine' starts
Anonymous

Some people use memes to share clever life hacks. We use them to remind juniors which port DHCP listens on. It's called professional development
@kostikdodik 9mo

67 from that rap song is police code for a dead body, btw
@ashshaosh 9mo

One day, years ago, the girl I fucked once asks for giving sleep place to she’s friend. He was totally head-cracked semi-tug and he repeatedly said “6-7, in chess order” when telling about army times. 6-7, chess order, packets are lost down… and some shit about shame to know that he’s can kill everyone with just a pencil. So this wannabe johnwick guy fell sleep drunk and disappeared at morning. 6-7, chess order. So, now I know that he’s just receiving dhcp requests.
1. @drznpy 9mo
  
  I hope you didn’t give in to her dumb request
@digital_insanity 9mo

That's most useless cancerous forced meme for last couple of years
@foxynhoz 9mo

aw man, my humor is so broken at this point
@RiedleroD 9mo

admin is actually 67
@SamsonovAnton 9mo

The "67" or "6-7" meme is a popular, nonsensical internet slang term that originated on TikTok in early 2025, primarily used by Generation Alpha. It is a catchphrase that is intentionally meaningless and used as an inside joke. — Ensign, the equipment! — 42, sir! — What "42"? — What "the equipment", sir?