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Configuring DNS Servers for the Client
When a DHCP client wants to access a host on the Internet via the host name, it contacts a Domain
Name System (DNS) server holding host name-to-IP address mappings to get the host IP address.
You can specify up to eight DNS servers in the DHCP address pool.
Follow these steps to configure DNS servers in the DHCP address pool:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter DHCP address pool view
dhcp server ip-pool
pool-name
[
extended
]
—
Specify DNS servers
dns-list ip-address
&<1-8>
Required
Not specified by default.
Configuring WINS Servers and NetBIOS Node Type for the Client
A Microsoft DHCP client using NetBIOS protocol contacts a Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
server for name resolution. Therefore, the DHCP server should assign a WINS server address when
assigning an IP address to the client.
You can specify up to eight WINS servers in a DHCP address pool.
You need to specify in a DHCP address pool a NetBIOS node type for the client to approach name
resolution. There are four NetBIOS node types:
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b (broadcast)-node: The b-node client sends the destination name in a broadcast message. The
destination returns its IP address to the client after receiving the message.
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p (peer-to-peer)-node: The p-node client sends the destination name in a unicast message to the
WINS server, and the WINS server returns the destination IP address.
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m (mixed)-node: A combination of broadcast first and peer-to-peer second. The m-node client
broadcasts the destination name, if no response is received, then unicasts the destination name
to the WINS server to get the destination IP address.
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h (hybrid)-node: A combination of peer-to-peer first and broadcast second. The h-node client
unicasts the destination name to the WINS server, if no response is received, then broadcasts it
to get the destination IP address.
Follow these steps to configure WINS servers and NetBIOS node type in the DHCP address pool:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter DHCP address pool view
dhcp server ip-pool
pool-name
[
extended
]
—
Specify WINS server IP addresses
nbns-list
ip-address
&<1-8>
Required (optional for b-node)
No address is specified by default.