Configuration DHCPv4 vivso according to RFC 3925
Malte Starostik
lists at malte.homeip.net
Thu Jul 26 11:32:39 UTC 2012
Hi Tobias, hi list,
Am Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2012, 12:59:36 schrieb Tobias Jähnel:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R4 and want to set up an environment as
> stated in the subject.
>
> According to the dhcp-options manual page I added the following to my
> dhcpd.conf.
>
> option space FOO code width 1 length width 1 hash size 3;
> option FOO.sample code 1 = text;
> option vendor.FOO code 50000 = encapsulate FOO;
> option vendor-class.FOO code 50000 = text;
> option FOO.sample "Some Option Text";
> option vendor-class.FOO "Some Vendor Class";
I tried this to get CISCO's autoinstall feature working (software upgrade, not
just auto configuration).
> I configured my DHCP Client to send option 124 with (fictous)
> Enterprise number 50000 and also told it to request option 125.
CISCO switches' DHCP client requests option 125 without sending option 124. I
tried many variations and what you did resembles one of my approaches.
> Unfortunately the Server does not send option 125 back.
> See attached capture file.
I don't have a capture now unfortunately, but well, there was basically no
option 125 in any of the server's replies.
> If I add the following line:
> option vendor.FOO 01:04:01:02:03:04;
> the DHCP server actually sends back Option 125 with vendor code 50000
> and the given content. But hardcoding my options in hex is obviously
> not what I intend.
Hey foo is what I resorted to in the end, but that's not exactly what I had
hoped for.
> I would appreciate it if you could tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Tobias
Me Too (TM), so TIA for shedding some light on this,
Malte
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