Windows DHCP Server

[Alliance]

Hello,


Is it possible to use the Windows Server DHCP server to auto configure phones, the same way as the Quadro can configure IP phones? Maybe by doing something with the Scope Options?


Thanks
Graham

[wesleyit]

sure - it's the same old standard DHCP.

Here are the settings that the quadro gives out by default (they are in ISOC-DHCP 3 format, but you can see the values you need to set):

subnet 172.30.0.0
netmask 255.255.0.0
{ range 172.30.0.100 172.30.0.254;
option routers 172.30.0.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.0.0;
option domain-name-servers 172.30.0.1;
option netbios-name-servers 0.0.0.0;
option ntp-servers 172.30.0.1;
option domain-name "epygi-config.com";
authoritative;
option tftp-server-name "172.30.0.1";
}

Specific to MS DHCP in Server and Server 2k3 is Scope Option 43, Vendor Specific Options.
If your phones require a certain value to be set, you can use this setting to include it. Normally it is not required.