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• Subnet Mask – Specifies the network mask of the client.
• Hardware Address – Specifies the MAC address and protocol used
on the client. (Options: Ethernet, IEEE802, FDDI; Default:
Ethernet)
• Client-Identifier – A unique designation for the client device, either a
text string (1-15 characters) or hexadecimal value.
Setting the Optional Parameters
• Default Router – The IP address of the primary and alternate gateway
router. The IP address of the router should be on the same subnet as
the client.
• DNS Server – The IP address of the primary and alternate DNS
server. DNS servers must be configured for a DHCP client to map
host names to IP addresses.
• Netbios Server – IP address of the primary and alternate NetBIOS
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) name server used for
Microsoft DHCP clients.
• Netbios Type – NetBIOS node type for Microsoft DHCP clients.
(Options: Broadcast, Hybrid, Mixed, Peer to Peer; Default: Hybrid)
• Domain Name – The domain name of the client.
(Range: 1-32 characters)
• Bootfile – The default boot image for a DHCP client. This file should
placed on the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server specified as
the Next Server.
• Next Server – The IP address of the next server in the boot process,
which is typically a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server.
• Lease Time – The duration that an IP address is assigned to a DHCP
client. (Options: fixed period, Infinite; Default: 1 day)