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Out of curiosity, what is the DHCP Client ID field for, anyway? All I've ever seen is instructions like the above: "Type anything into the DHCP Client ID field." Surely there is a better purpose for it than that?
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Some DHCP servers will require you to use a special ID to get an IP address, Excite @home used to do this. It's a way to prevent random people from connecting to your service.
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I believe it's so you can figure out who's who in your DHCP logs.
The purpose of the DHCP Client Identifier
The DHCP Client Identifier is just that, a unique (per subnet) identifier (such as a hostname or serial number) allowing the server to identify the client and select the appropriate response. In the absence of a Client Identifier, the "chaddr" field (hardware address) is used. |
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