option vs send ? netmask inheritance?
Jason Frisvold
frisvolj at lafayette.edu
Tue May 18 18:04:28 UTC 2010
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On 05/18/2010 01:51 PM, Glenn Satchell wrote:
>> 'send' is a client configuration command, that says to send that option
>> in the DHCP request to the server. See man dhclient.conf. It has no
>> meaning in the server's dhcpd.conf.
Aha .. that explains why the only references I could find to it are in
dhclient.conf documentation.. One less thing that needs to be imported.
>> option host-name sets the value for that option, in this case it would
>> over-ride any hostname supplied by the client. All options are covered
>> in the dhcp-options man page.
Excellent. I had found the dhcp-options page, just not the reference to
send.
>> It inherits all the values from the subnet scope which matches the IP
>> address being assigned (either a fixed-address or a dynamic address),
>> and any other scopes such as a group statement. Other useful things that
>> are inherited are routers, lease times, and so on. No need to specify
>> netmask.
Excellent, this is exactly how I expected it worked. Again, less to
import, thanks!
>> regards,
>> -glenn
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