RuggedCom RuggedRouter RX1100 - Manual (Page 244)

27. Configuring The DHCP server
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Many settings are only supported by certain specific types of clients, and are ignored by the majority
of clients.
Basic options you should pay attention to include:
• Address ranges: The range of addresses to use for dynamic IP clients.
• Default lease time: The default length of leases assigned to clients, if the client doesn't request
a lease length.
• Maximum lease time: The maximum length of leases allowed to clients. If a client requests a
higher value it will be refused.
• Client hostname: The hostname the client should use.
• Default routers: The default gateway the client should use.
• Domain name: The DNS domain name the client should use.
• DNS servers: The IPs of the DNS servers the client should use.
• NTP servers: The IPs of the NTP servers the client should use.
• Static routes: Static routes the client should use.
• Time servers: The IPs of the time servers the client should use.
Lesser used client options include:
• Subnet mask: The subnet mask the client should use. Rarely needed.
• Broadcast address: The broadcast address the client should use. Rarely needed.
• Log servers: The IPs of the LOG servers the client should use.
• Swap server: The IP of the swap server the client should use. Normally only used for diskless
network booted clients.
• Root disk path: The path the client should use for its root device. Normally only used for diskless
network booted clients.
• NIS domain: The NIS domain the client should use.
• NIS servers: The IPs of the NIS server the client should use.
• Font servers: The IPs of the font servers the client should use. Normally only used for X
terminals.
• XDM servers: The IPs of the XDM servers the client should use. Normally only used for X
terminals.
• NetBIOS name servers: The IPs of the Netbios name servers the client should use.
• NetBIOS node type: The NetBIOS name resolution method the client should use.
• NetBIOS scope: The NetBIOS scope the client should use.
• Time offset: The offset from a time server the client should be using.
• Custom options allows you to add additional DHCP options required by a client.
BOOTP and Dynamic DNS related options include:
• Boot filename: The filename the client should request from a tftp server to boot from. This only
applies to network booted clients.