Network requirements

As shown in Figure 28, on a LAN, Switch B contacts the DHCP server through VLAN-interface 2 to obtain an IP address, a DNS server address, and static route information. The DHCP client's IP address resides on subnet 10.1.1.0/24. The DNS server address is 20.1.1.1. The next hop of the static route to subnet 20.1.1.0/24 is 10.1.1.2.

The DHCP server uses Option 121 to assign static route information to DHCP clients. Figure 27 shows the Option 121 format. The destination descriptor field contains the following parts: subnet mask length and destination network address, both in hexadecimal notation. In this example, the destination descriptor is 18 14 01 01 (the subnet mask length is 24 and the network address is 20.1.1.0 in dotted decimal notation). The next hop address is 0A 01 01 02 (10.1.1.2 in dotted decimal notation).

Figure 27: Option 121 format

Figure 28: Network diagram