DHCP config

[Glenn Satchell]

That's correct behaviour. In this case it means 'no free leases' were
available that matched the request because we denied them.

regards,
-glenn

>From: "Gideon Viator" <ktcisg at kaplantel.net>
>To: <dhcp-users at isc.org>
>
>Ok guys. The filter is in place. Now the Internet DHCP server responds with
>"no free leases" when an Amino STB sends out a discover. I will let it run
>like this for awhile and let you guys know. Thanks so much!
>
>Gideon Viator
>IT Administrator 
>Kaplan Telecommunications
>337-643-7171
> 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On Behalf
>Of Glenn Satchell
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:13 AM
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Subject: RE: DHCP config
>
>man dhcp-eval
>...
>     substring (data-expr, offset, length)
>
>       The substring operator evaluates the data  expression  and
>       returns  the  substring  of  the result of that evaluation
>       that starts offset bytes from  the  beginning,  continuing
>       for  length  bytes.   Offset  and  length are both numeric
>       expressions.
>...
>     hardware
>
>       The hardware operator returns a data  string  whose  first
>       element  is  the  type  of  network interface indicated in
>       packet being considered, and whose subsequent elements are
>       client's  link-layer  address.   If there is no packet, or
>       if the RFC2131 hlen field is invalid, then the  result  is
>       null.    Hardware  types  include ethernet (1), token-ring
>       (6), and fddi (8).   Hardware types are specified  by  the
>       IETF,  and details on how the type numbers are defined can
>       be found in RFC2131 (in the ISC DHCP distribution, this is
>       included in the doc/ subdirectory).
>
>So the hardware operator returns 01:00:02:02:x:y:z for your ethernet
>devices.  You can match on either
>
>  substring( hardware, 0, 4 ) = 01:00:02:02;
>or
>  substring( hardware, 1, 3 ) = 00:02:02;
>
>regards,
>-glenn
>
>>From: "Gideon Viator" <ktcisg at kaplantel.net>
>>
>>Sry guys,
>>
>>Should I put a 1 or 0 after hardware?
>>
>>Gideon Viator
>>IT Administrator 
>>Kaplan Telecommunications
>>337-643-7171
>> 
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
>Behalf
>>Of Bruce Hudson
>>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:30 AM
>>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>>Subject: Re: DHCP config
>>
>> 
>>> class "amino" {
>>>   match if substring( hardware, 0, 3 ) = 00:02:02; 
>>> }
>>
>>    If I recall correctly, you want "substring( hardware, 1, 3 )". You want
>>to skip the first byte of the hardware field, which is a "1" to specify an
>>ethernet address.
>>--
>>Bruce A. Hudson				| Bruce.Hudson at Dal.CA
>>UCIS, Networks and Systems		|
>>Dalhousie University			|
>>Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada		| (902) 494-3405
>>
>>
>>
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