dhcp option 226 and 227

[dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us]

I found the avaya stuff also.  It is an aerohive WAP using capwap to  
connect to its manager.  Ive contacted the aerohive people about it,  
but havent heard much back.

Quoting Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>:

> Hi Dwayne
>
> What sort of device is the client? There's a lot of experience on this
> list - someone may know... In fact I bet someone can tell just from
> knowing the option numbers.
>
> Aha, looks like an Avaya phone thingy? I saw the post with the array of
> integer here. There's a lot of duplication in his config (eg setting
> the option variables in the subnet, and the host scope).
>
> http://www.avayausers.com/showthread.php?p=48119
>
>
> I also found this, and it says both options 226 and 227 are an ip address.
>
> http://www.ipofficeinfo.com/pdf/Global_IP_Office_Technical_Bulletin_85.pdf
>
> However, 4 x 8 bit integers get stored the same way as an ip address
> (32 bit integer), so either "should" work, although using a type of
> ip-address is "more correct" I feel.
>
> In dhcp 3 and 4 you can give arbitrary names to options too, eg:
>
> option avaya-server code 226 = ip-address;
> option avaya-syslog code 227 = ip-address;
>
> option avaya-server = 10.40.0.29;
> option avaya-syslog = 10.40.0.29;
>
> HTH.
>
> regards,
> -glenn
>
>> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:02:38 -0400
>> From: dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Unfortunately it isnt spelled out in the documentation.
>>
>> Quoting Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>:
>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:43:10 -0400
>>>> From: dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
>>>> To: dhcp-users at lists.isc.org
>>>> Subject: dhcp option 226 and 227
>>>>
>>>> Im trying to figure out how to add options 226 and 227 to my dhcp
>>>> server.  I have not
>>>> been able to find much about this through google.  Has anyone
>>>> implemented these options
>>>> for their dhcp server?  I added the following to my dhcpd.conf (main file)
>>>>
>>>> option option-226 code 226 = array of integer 8;
>>>> option option-227 code 227 = ip-address;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         option option-226               10,40,0,29;
>>>>         option option-227               10.40.0.29;
>>>>
>>>> Im not sure what the array of integer 8 is at all, but the only
>>>> example I could find had
>>>> that in the main options area.
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> ddh
>>>
>>> Hi Dwayne
>>>
>>> See the dhcp-options man page, in particular the section titled
>>> "DEFINING NEW OPTIONS" for the syntax. The values and types you use
>>> will depend on what the client is expecting. This should be spelled out
>>> by the client documentation.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> -glenn
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Dwayne Hottinger
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>> Harrisonburg City Public Schools
>>
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Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-- Albert Einstein

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral
crisis, preserved their neutrality."
-- Dante