The reason that DHCP is appropriate for information about the
location of the host is that the scope of DHCP administration usually
does match the local network to which the host is attached. Location
is local information.
John
On Apr 20, 2007, at 3:38 PM, David W. Hankins wrote:
The point is that the ISO L(x) is not what one considers when judging
wether or not a certain configuration value "would make a good band
name. I mean DHCP option."
What we (strive to) consider instead is the administrative scope
of the configuration information, and wether it matches common and
practical use of DHCP.
On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:47 PM, David W. Hankins wrote:
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:38:40PM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
DHCP is a layer 3 technology that talks directly to layer 2.
DHCP is a technology that dynamically configures hosts.
If a host has a configuration knob that might reasonably and
properly be set by the systems administrator or the network you
are presently attached to, then it is reasonable and proper to
configure it via DHCP.
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