Re: Purpose of client-name in DHCP pool

From: Tarun Pahuja (pahujat@gmail.com)
Date: Sun May 27 2007 - 13:43:47 ART

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Mark,
           It is used for Dynamic DNS.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/ip_c/ipcprt1/1cddhcp.htm#wp1001302

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a0080636f31.html

Thanks,
Tarun Pahuja
CCIE#7707(R&S,Security,SP,Voice,Storage),CCSI

On 5/27/07, Mark Mckillop (mmckillo) <mmckillo@cisco.com> wrote:

> Hi all...
>
> I am doing some testing with the DHCP Server feature. Can anybody tell
> me what would be the purpose of specifying the client-name inside a Host
> DHCP pool (i.e. a specific client reservation).
>
> This doesn't appear to be used in the DHCP process, is it there for use
> in DDNS, where the server is making the update to the DNS server on
> behalf of the client?
>
> Regards
> Mark.
>
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