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BOOTP client configuration
This chapter includes these sections:
• Introduction to BOOTP client
• Configuring an interface to dynamically obtain an IP address through BOOTP
• Displaying and maintaining BOOTP client configuration
• BOOTP client configuration example
NOTE:
•
The term "switch" or "device" in this document refers to the switching engine on a WX3000E wireless
switch.
• The WX3000E series comprises WX3024E and WX3010E wireless switches.
• The port numbers in this document are for illustration only.
• BOOTP client configuration only applies to VLAN interfaces.
• If several VLAN interfaces sharing the same MAC address obtain IP addresses through a BOOTP relay
agent, the BOOTP server cannot be a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server.
Introduction to BOOTP client
This section covers these topics:
• BOOTP application
• Obtaining an IP address dynamically
• Protocols and standards
BOOTP application
After you specify an interface of a device as a BOOTP client, the interface can use BOOTP to get
information (such as IP address) from the BOOTP server.
To use BOOTP, an administrator must configure a BOOTP parameter file for each BOOTP client on the
BOOTP server. The parameter file contains information such as MAC address and IP address of a
BOOTP client. When a BOOTP client sends a request to the BOOTP server, the BOOTP server searches
for the BOOTP parameter file and returns the corresponding configuration information.
BOOTP is usually used in relatively stable environments. In network environments that change frequently,
DHCP is more suitable.
NOTE:
Because a DHCP server can interact with a BOOTP client, you can use the DHCP server to configure an IP
address for the BOOTP client, without any BOOTP server.