BOOTP / DHCP option 18, Extensions Path

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Protocol type:Application layer configuration protocol.
Base protocols: BOOTP, Bootstrap Protocol.
DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
Option length:3+ bytes.
Links: IANA: BOOTP and DHCP options.

A string to specify a file, retrievable via TFTP, which contains information which can be interpreted in the same way as the 64 byte vendor extension field within the BOOTP response, with the following exceptions:


MAC header IP header UDP header BOOTP | DHCP header BOOTP / DHCP option 18

BOOTP / DHCP option 18:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Code Length Pathname :::

Code. 8 bits. Always set to 18.
Option code.

Length. 8 bits. 1+.
Size of the option data in bytes.

Pathname. Variable length.


Glossary:


RFCs:

[RFC 2132] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.


Publications:


Obsolete RFCs:

[RFC 1533] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.


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