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deny unknown-clients;

The unknown-clientsflag is used to tell the DHCP server whether or not to dynamically assign addresses to unknown clients. Dynamic address assignment to unknown clients is allowed by default.

bootp

allow bootp; deny bootp;

The bootp flag is used to tell the DHCP server whether or not to respond to BOOTP queries. BOOTP queries are allowed by default.

booting

allow booting; deny booting;

The booting flag is used to inform the DHCP server whether or not to respond to queries from a particular client. This keyword only has meaning when it appears in a host declaration. By default, booting is allowed, but if it is disabled for a particular client, then that client will not be able to get and address from the DHCP server.

8.4.4 Parameters

default-lease-time

default-lease-time time;

Time should be the length in seconds that will be assigned to a lease if the client requesting the lease does not ask for a specific expiration time.

max-lease-time

max-lease-time time;

Time should be the maximum length in seconds that will be assigned to a lease if the client requesting the lease asks for a specific expiration time.

hardware

hardware hardware-type hardware-address;

In order for a BOOTP client to be recognized, its network hardware address must be declared using a hardware clause in the host statement. hardware-typemust be the name of a physical hardware interface type. Currently, only the ethernet and token-ring types are recognized. The hardware-addressshould be a set of hexadecimal octets (numbers from 0 through ff) separated by colons. The hardware statement may also be used

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