Dhcp Ip Assignment - Siemens HIPATH 8000 HIPATH 8000 Administrator's Manual

DHCP IP assignment

• At power up starting endpoints search for a
obtain configuration parameters from that central server. The protocol
is based on broadcasts and hence the endpoints do not need to know
the location of the DHCP server.
• DHCP is an extension of the BOOTP protocol. The original BOOTP pro-
tocol only allowed for the automatic configuration of IP related param-
eters and for the detection of a server to boot and endpoint from.
DHCP is a more generic in that it allows for the request of a set config-
uration options and these options are not constrained to the basic IP
related parameters.
• Activate this option if the required IP data of the telephone should be
assigned dynamically by a
• If no DHCP server is available, please deactivate this option. In this
case, the data corresponding to the
mask and Default Route must be defined manually.
• List of information obtained by DHCP:
Basic informations
Optional informations •
• The change will only have effect if you restart the phone.
• Default value: On.
• Editing by phone: Switch Editor
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DHCP server.
• Terminal IP Address
• Terminal Mask (Network Mask)
Default Route (Routers option 3)
• IP Routing/Route 1 & 2
(Static Routes option 33)
• SNTP IP Address (NTP Server option 42)
• Timezone offset
(Time Server Offset option 2)
• Primary/Secondary IP Addresses
(DNS Server option 6)
• DNS Domain Name
(DNS Domain option 15)
• SIP Addresses / SIP Server & Registrar
(SIP Server option 120)
• Vendor Unique (option 43)
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Alphabetical Reference
DHCP server and try to
Terminal IP address, Terminal
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