Duplicate Address

The Duplicate Address dialog box provides a quick way to add a new address to the current DHCP network table. Select an address with settings that you want to copy to a new address, and then choose Duplicate from the Edit menu.

The settings in the Duplicate Address dialog box are described below.

IP Address The IP address for this record.

Client Name (optional) The host name of the client.

Owned By Server The IP address of the DHCP server that owns this record's IP address.

Configuration Macro An optional macro for the server to use to obtain client configuration parameters from the dhcptab database. Click the arrow to see a list of macros available on the server. If the macro you want to specify does not already exist on the server, you can create one using the Create Macro dialog box.

Comment (optional) An optional text comment.

Click Lease to modify settings that affect the type of lease and expiration date.

Client ID A hexadecimal string representing the octets that identify the client. The number of characters in this field must be an even number, with a maximum length of 64 characters. Entries with 00 are available for dynamic allocation to requesting clients.
BOOTP clients are identified by the concatenation of the network hardware type and the client's hardware address. For example, a BOOTP client with a hardware type of 01 (10-Mb Ethernet) and a hardware address of 8:0:20:11:12:b7 would have a client ID of 010800201112B7.

Reserved The address is reserved for this client and cannot be reclaimed by the server.

Lease Policy Dynamic: The DHCP server is responsible for the allocation and re-allocation of this range of IP addresses.
Enter the expiration time of the lease. You can specify an expiration date for the lease in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Permanent: The lease does not expire.

Assign Only to BOOTP Clients The selected IP address is reserved for BOOTP clients.

Address is Unusable This IP address cannot be used. You can use this setting together with Reserved to prevent a client from booting.

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