DHCP Question

jhall at socket.net jhall at socket.net
Tue Jun 14 18:42:32 UTC 2011


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>From : Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com>
To : jhall at socket.net
Subject : Re: DHCP Question
Date : Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:28:00 -0700

> You want:
> 
>        option dhcp-parameter-request-list uint16;
> 
>          This  option,  when  sent  by the client, specifies which 
options the 
>          client wishes the server to  return.    Normally,  in  the  ISC 
 DHCP 
>          client, this is done using the request statement.   If this 
option is 
>          not specified by the client, the DHCP  server  will  normally  
return 
>          every  option  that  is  valid in scope and that fits into the 
reply. 
>          When this option is specified on the server, the server  
returns  the 
>          specified  options.    This  can  be  used  to force a client 
to take 
>          options that it hasn't requested, and it can also be used  to  
tailor 
>          the response of the DHCP server for clients that may need a 
more lim- 
>          ited set of options than those the server would normally 
return. 
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> -Chuck

They are not using the option for the IRC Server, but to point to the 
nodes where the Virutal Desktops are. 

Thank you for all  your help.  That did the trick!


Jay
Thank you!  That did the trick.



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