Administrator Guide

Using DHCP options
This table contains the DHCP options available for use.
Table 4. DHCP options
Option Description Notes
1 Subnet Mask
Required. However, it is not required
unless the thin client must interact with
servers on a different subnet. MS DHCP
requires a subnet mask and is always
send one.
2 Time Offset Optional.
3 Router
Optional, but recommended. It is not
required unless the thin client must
interact with servers on a different
subnet.
6 Domain Name Server (DNS) Optional, but recommended.
15 Domain Name Optional, but recommended. See Option
6.
28 Broadcast Address Optional.
44 WINS servers IP Address Optional.
51 Lease Time Optional, but recommended.
52 Option Overload Optional.
53 DHCP Message Type Recommended.
54 DHCP Server IP Address Recommended.
55 Parameter Request List Sent by thin client.
57
Maximum DHCP
Message Size
Optional (always sent by thin client).
58 T1 (renew) Time Optional, but recommended.
59 T2 (rebind) Time Optional, but recommended.
61 Client identifier Always sent.
161 File server (https)
Optional string. Can be either the name
or the IP address of the file server. If a
name is given, the name must be
resolvable by the DNS servers specified
in Option 6. If the option provided by the
server is blank or the server provides no
value for the field, the machine on which
the DHCP server resides is assumed to
also be the file server.
162
Root path to the file server (https) Optional string. If the option provided by
the server is blank and the server
provides no value for the field, a null
string is used.
\wyse\wnos is automatically appended
to the search path. For example, if you
enter pub\serversoftware, the path
searchedare pub\serversoftware\wyse
\wnos.
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