proVconnect Agent can use DHCP as a mean of obtaining parameters that will be automatically applied. You can choose if this mehtod is enabled or not by toggling the checkbox in the Agent Configuration page as show below. The default state is enabled.

There are three different data that can be provisionned by the DHCP server:

Depending of you DHCP server type, you will need to use instructions in the following sections

The setting for the DHCP scope options follows a well defined logic.

The following example illustrates the configuration of DHCP on a windows server 2003.

Make a right click on the server node, and then “Set Predefined Options…”

Click on “Add…” then fill in the fields as below, and then “OK”

Redo the previous sequence for the WP Tag and the Manager Address

Select the 170 option in the drop-down list and fill in the fields as below

Do the same for the option 171

Add in the DHCP option 172.

Click on the node corresponding to the scope covered by the tag, right click then “Configure options…”

Select 170, 171 and 172 then validate.

The configuration is completed, you can see the 3 new options appearing.

Edit dhcp file settings: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and add following lines for WanPulse DHCP Scopes Options:

on main section:

option WP_FTP_Update code 170 = string;
option WP_Tag code 171 = string;

on “subnet” section:

option WP_FTP_Update "@WP:IPServer;Port;Login;Password;Path;AutoUpdate(True|False):@WP";
option WP_Tag "#WP:Tag1;Tag2;Tag3;Tag4;Tag5:#WP";

Example:

option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.254;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2;
option domain-name "wanpulse.com";
option ntp-servers 192.168.1.254;
option WP_FTP_Update code 170 = string;
option WP_Tag code 171 = string;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option WP_FTP_Update "@WP:192.168.1.79;21;anonymous;test;/ftpupdate;true:@WP";
option WP_Tag "#WP:world;emea;france;paris;dev:#WP";
range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100;
range 192.168.1.150 192.168.1.200;
}