Chapter 44

DHCP with Vendor-Specific Options

This chapter describes how to configure several DHCP vendor-specific options.

Topics in this chapter include:

"Configuring a Windows-Based DHCP Server" on page 837

"Enabling DHCP Relay Agent Information Option (Option 82)" on page 840

"Enabling Linux DHCP Servers" on page 840

Configuring a Windows-Based DHCP Server

Configuring a Microsoft Windows-based DHCP server to send option 43 to the DHCP client on a Dell AP consists of the following two tasks:

Configuring Option 60

Configuring Option 43

DHCP servers are a popular way of configuring clients with basic networking information such as an IP address, a default gateway, network mask, DNS server, and so on. Most DHCP servers have the ability to also send a variety of optional information, including the Vendor-Specific Option Code, also called option 43.

When a client or an AP requests for option 43 (Vendor Specific Information), the controller responds with the value configured by administrator in the DHCP pool.

Configuring Option 60

This section describes how to configure the Vendor Class Identifier Code (option 60) on a Microsoft Windows- based DHCP server.

As mentioned in the overview section, option 60 identifies and associates a DHCP client with a particular vendor. Any DHCP server configured to take action based on a client’s vendor ID should also have this option configured.

Since option 60 is not a predefined option on a Windows DHCP server, you must add it to the option list for the server.

To configure option 60 on the Windows DHCP server

1.On the DHCP server, open the DHCP server administration tool by clickingStart > AdministrativeTools > DHCP.

2.Find your server and right-click on the scope to be configured under the server name. Select Set Predefined Options.

3.In the Predefined Options and Values dialog box, click the Add button.

4.In the Option Type dialog box, enter the following information

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