RFC 3004 (rfc3004) - Page 1 of 6
The User Class Option for DHCP
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Network Working Group G. Stump
Request for Comments: 3004 IBM
Category: Standards Track R. Droms
Cisco Systems
Y. Gu
R. Vyaghrapuri
A. Demirtjis
Microsoft
B. Beser
Pacific Broadband Communications
J. Privat
Northstream AB
November 2000
The User Class Option for DHCP
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This option is used by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
client to optionally identify the type or category of user or
applications it represents. The information contained in this option
is an opaque field that represents the user class of which the client
is a member. Based on this class, a DHCP server selects the
appropriate address pool to assign an address to the client and the
appropriate configuration parameters. This option should be
configurable by a user.
1. Introduction
DHCP administrators may define specific user class identifiers to
convey information about a client's software configuration or about
its user's preferences. For example, the User Class option can be
used to configure all clients of people in the accounting department
with a different printer than clients of people in the marketing
department.
Stump, et al. Standards Track