Microsoft DHCP Vendor and User Classes (266675)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 98

This article was previously published under Q266675

SUMMARY

This article describes vendor classes and user classes that are defined by default in Windows 2000 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

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Microsoft Vendor Classes

The following list contains pre-defined vendor classes that are available in Windows 2000 DHCP server.

Class DataClass NameDescription
MSFT 5.0Microsoft Windows 2000 optionsClass that includes all Windows 2000 DHCP clients.
MSFT 98Microsoft Windows 98 optionsClass that includes all Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) DHCP clients.
MSFTMicrosoft optionsClass that includes all Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows 2000 DHCP clients.

If you have non-Microsoft DHCP clients, you can define other vendor-specific classes on the DHCP server. When you define such classes, make sure the vendor class identifier that you define matches the identifier used by the clients.

User Classes

The following list contains pre-defined user classes that are available in Windows 2000 DHCP server.

Class IDClass TypeDescription
UnspecifiedDefault user classAll DHCP clients that have no user class specified.
RRAS.MicrosoftDefault Routing and Remote Access classAll Dial-Up Networking (DUN) clients.
BootpDefault Bootp classAll Bootp clients

In addition to these pre-defined classes, you can also add custom user classes for Windows 2000 DHCP clients. When you configure such classes, you must specify a custom identifier that corresponds to the user class defined on the DHCP server.

For additional information about how to create other user and vendor classes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240247 How to Create a New DHCP User or Vendor Class


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/20/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB266675