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- <FORM>
- <H2>Configuring DHCP Server Options</H2>
- <P>
- Clients contact the DHCP server at boot time to request an
- Internet address and configuration information. The information
- that the client receives is specified in files in the
- <VAR>/var/dhcp/config</VAR> directory. This directory
- contains a separate configuration file for each network or subnet
- in an organization. When you configure the DHCP server,
- you specify the configuration information that will be contained in the
- DHCP file for clients on a particular network.
- </P>
- <P>
- This page contains a long list of parameters that a DHCP Server can
- send to a client system. By default, most parameters are hidden. Click
- the <I>Go to Advanced Options</I> button to display all
- available DHCP parameters.
- </P>
- <P>
- If you leave a parameter blank or as it was, DHCP uses the
- default values. After you make changes, click the
- <I>Ok</I> button to put the changes into effect.
- </P>
-
- <P>
- <STRONG>Enable DHCP service for this network:</STRONG> This selection
- controls whether this DHCP server answers requests for this network.
- Select <VAR>Yes</VAR> if this server is to answer DHCP requests for this
- network; select <VAR>No</VAR> if this server is to ignore DHCP requests
- from this network.
- </P>
- (Default value: No)
- <P>
- <STRONG>Allow clients to choose their own hostname:</STRONG> This selection
- controls an SGI extension to the DHCP protocol, which allows SGI clients
- to request an alternative hostname from the name that is offered. Select
- <VAR>Yes</VAR> to allow clients to request an alternative hostname; select
- <VAR>No</VAR> to prevent clients from requesting an alternative hostname.
- When yes is set, a warning is issued if a client requests a name that is
- already in use.
- </P>
- (Default value: Yes)
- <P>
- <STRONG>Prefix for automatic hostname assignments:</STRONG> DHCP generates
- host names by appending a number to this word. Enter a single word for this
- prefix. Do not use punctuation in your entry.
- </P>
- (Default value: sgiiris)
- <P>
- <STRONG>Generate new IP addresses from this range:</STRONG> This parameter
- allows you to limit client addresses to a subset of the addresses in the entire
- network. This partitioning is particularly useful if the network is shared by
- multiple administrative bodies. Enter two numbers between 1 and 254 and
- separate your entries with a dash (for example, 50-100 is a valid entry).
- </P>
- (Default value: 1-254)
- <P>
- <STRONG>Subnet mask for this network:</STRONG> The Internet address for
- a system contains a network number in the most significant bits and
- a host number in the least significant bits. A subnet mask overlays the
- Internet address to designate the host portion of the address. The mask
- contains all ones in the bits associated with the network number and all
- zeros in the bits associated with the host number. Enter a network mask
- in dotted decimal notation (such as 255.255.0.0) or hexadecimal notation
- (such as 0xffff0000).
- </P>
- (Default value: none)
- <P>
- <STRONG>NIS domain name for this network:</STRONG> If this network is
- served by an NIS name server, this is the domain name that clients
- specify when looking up a name. This is typically key words concatenated
- with a period (such as engr.sgi.com), and is frequently the same as the DNS
- domain name. Enter a one-word domain name; do not use spaces in your entry.
- </P>
- (Default value: nis.com)
- <P>
- <I>Advanced options are are described in the dhcp_bootp(1M) reference page.</I>
- </P>
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