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13 - 102WiNG 5 Access Point System Reference Guide
13.3.17.5 DHCP Options
Network
Supported access point's can use a DHCP server resource to provide the dynamic assignment of IP addresses
automatically. This is a protocol that includes IP address allocation and delivery of host-specific configuration
parameters from a DHCP server to a host. Some of these parameters are IP address, gateway and network mask.
AP-7131, AP-6532 and AP-7161 models support an onboard DHCP server resource, AP-6511 and AP-6521 models
require an external DHCP server resource.
The DHCP Options screen provides the DHCP server name, image file on the DHCP server, and its configuration.
To view a network's DHCP Options:
1. Select the
2. Select
System
an access point for statistical observation.
3. Select
Network
4. Select
DHCP
5. The
DHCP Options
Server
Information
Image File
Statistics
menu from the Web UI.
from the navigation pane (on the left-hand side of the screen), expand the default node and select
and expand the menu to reveal its sub menu
Options.
Figure 13-54 Access Point Network - DHCP Options screen
screen displays the following:
Displays the IP address of the DHCP server used on behalf of the access point.
Displays the image file name. BOOTP or the bootstrap protocol can be used
to boot diskless clients. An image file is sent from the boot server. The image
file contains the image of the operating system the client will run. DHCP
servers can be configured to support BOOTP.
items.
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