Using class to match iPhones, Wiis etc

[Peter Laws]

Randall C Grimshaw wrote:
> 
> http://www.packetfence.org/dhcp_fingerprints.conf
> 
> I will make a guess that it might be possible to set a QOS (cos) (dscp) priority on the dhcp traffic. Have you asked Cisco?
> 
> Classifying the clients in DHCP isn't going to solve a load issue at the firewall.

Not directly, but if we can give the hosts that sit in one place (i.e. 
laptops) longer leases, it cuts down traffic that has to pass through.

Thanks for the hint on QOS.

This seems to be a limitation in how many DHCPREQUESTs can be outstanding 
at any given instant.


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Peter Laws / N5UWY
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University of Oklahoma Information Technology
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