Specifications
26 Appendix A
Table 1 DHCP Options
Option Description Examples of Values to Use
6 Domain Name Server (DNS).
Optional, but recommended. Can be
either IP Address or string. See also
"Troubleshooting Devices that Cannot
Locate Configuration Files."
IP Address example: 192.168.1.20
String example: MyDNSServer.com
183 Defines protocol to be used for
downloading the configuration file to
the client (and any custom items in
the folder) from the server specified in
DHCP Option 195. Valid protocols are
FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS (the default
protocol is FTP).
Use only one of the following values:
FTP example: FTP
HTTP example: HTTP
HTTPS example: HTTPS
184 Server Username. Optional string.
Username to use when authenticating
to the server specified in Option 195.
String example: MyServerUsername
185 Server Password. Optional string.
Password to use when authenticating
to the server specified in Option 195
(if the server allows Anonymous login,
you can leave this option blank).
String example: MyServerPassword
195 Server (ftp/http/https). Optional IP
Address or string. Can be either the IP
Address or the fully qualified domain
name (FQDN) of the server. If a name
is given, the name must be resolvable
by the DNS server(s) specified in
Option 6. If the option provided by the
server is blank or the server provides
no value for the field, the machine on
which the DHCP server resides is
assumed to also be the server.
IP Address example: 192.168.100.7
String example: MyServer.com
196 Default configuration path (ftp/http/
https). Optional string. The relative
directory starting from the root
directory must be given.
If 196 is not defined (that is, it is left
blank):
• FTP: For FTP, the default
configuration path is
C:\inetpub\ftproot\Wyse\WES7.
• HTTP or HTTPS: For HTTP or
HTTPS, the default configuration
path is the path specified by the
virtual directory in IIS; usually
wwwroot (for example,
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Wyse\WES7).
For custom configuration paths use only one of
the following string values (where MyCompany is
your custom defined path for DHCP Option 196):
FTP custom example:
C:\inetpub\ftproot\MyCompany\Wyse\WES7
HTTP custom example:
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyCompany\Wyse\WES7
HTTPS custom example:
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyCompany\Wyse\WES7