4 parameters – Heritage Kayaks Heritage Series User Manual

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DHCP Server Operation

deny unknown-clients;

The

unknown-clients

flag is used to tell the DHCP server whether or not to

dynamically assign addresses to unknown clients. Dynamic address
assignment to unknown clients is

allo

wed by default.

bootp

allow bootp;
deny bootp;

The

bootp

flag is used to tell the DHCP server whether or not to respond to

BOOTP queries. BOOTP queries are

allo

wed by default.

booting

allow booting;
deny booting;

The

booting

flag is used to inform the DHCP server whether or not to

respond to queries from a particular client. This keyword only has meaning
when it appears in a

host

declaration. By default, booting is

allo

wed, but if it

is disabled for a particular client, then that client will not be able to get and
address from the DHCP server.

8.4.4 Parameters

default-lease-time

default-lease-time

tim

e;

Time

should be the length in seconds that will be assigned to a lease if the

client requesting the lease does not ask for a specific expiration time.

max-lease-time

max-lease-time

tim

e;

Time

should be the maximum length in seconds that will be assigned to a

lease if the client requesting the lease asks for a specific expiration time.

hardware

hardware

hardware-type hardware-addres

s;

In order for a BOOTP client to be recognized, its network hardware
address must be declared using a

hardware

clause in the

host

statement.

hardware-type

must be the name of a physical hardware interface type.

Currently, only the ethernet and token-ring types are recognized. The

hardware-address

should be a set of hexadecimal octets (numbers from 0

through ff) separated by colons. The

hardware

statement may also be used

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