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option
Because DHCP does not know the format of these undefined option codes, no checking is done to ensure the correctness of the entered data.
9.4.2 Supported DHCP client options
The following section shows configuration options which the DHCP client can use to
configure the IP stack.
option
The
option
This option can be used to request a specific lease duration by the client. The analogous option on the server is
option
This option should be used to specify a client identifier in a host declaration, so that a DHCP server can find the host record by matching against the client identifier. This option is required when attempting to operate the DHCP client with a Microsoft DHCP server. In this case, the hardware address of the card upon which DHCP is running must be sent to the server as the