How to configure dhcp client identifier

Question

Hi Everybody,
The DHCP client ID is an id that is unique for DHCP clients at least in the same subnet. Usually the client uses MAC-address as Client-Identifier in the DHCPDISCOVER message. The Client-Identifier may be different other than MAC-Address, For example a FQDN name, as per the RFC 2132 Ref, (code 61).+_
Usaually, we use the following to bind the ip address based on MAC-address
pntadm -r SUNWfiles -p /var/dhcp -A 10.42.32.86 -i '0:3:ba:a5:a9:93' -a 10.42.32.80
At server side, I am using the following for specifying the FQDN name.
pntadm -r SUNWfiles -p /var/dhcp -A 10.42.32.86 -i 'one.atr.com' -a 10.42.32.80
and at client side, I am inserting the following entry in the /etc/default/dhcpagent file
CLIENT_ID='one.atr.com'
But this is not working. What I am doing wrong.
+1. At the server side, then how to assign the ip addresses to the clients , if the Client-Identifier is FQDN name in the DHCPDISCOVER message other than MAC-Address.+
+2. How to configure the client-identifier as FQDN name at client side.+
Please help me,
Thanks Inadvance,
Mummaneni.

Answer 1

Sandman,
Here is an example of a router acting as a DHCP server. Please remember that you have to exclude IP addresses that you don't want to lease out.
ip dhcp pool example
import all
network 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
dns-server 1.2.3.4
default-router 192.168.1.1
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.149
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.254
HTH,
Mark