Subject: Re: NetBSD-1.4: DHCP setup
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@isc.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/27/1999 23:35:05 
> Okay.  But, what if I want to make the fixed-address be based on
> the hostname (option 12 in the DHCPREQUEST message)?  Can I just do:
> 
> host baz {
>   option hostname "alphabeta";
>   fixed-address 10.0.0.18;
> }

No.   The protocol doesn't allow for this.   You can't do it.

			       _MelloN_