BOOTP/DHCP option 18, Extensions Path

Description:

Length:3+ bytes total.

A string to specify a file, retrievable via TFTP, which contains information which can be interpreted in the same way as the 64 byte vendor extension field within the BOOTP response, with the following exceptions:


MAC header IP header UDP header BOOTP header BOOTP/DHCP option Data :::
MAC header IP header UDP header DHCP header BOOTP/DHCP option Data :::

BOOTP/DHCP option 18:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Code Length Pathname :::

Code. 8 bits. Always set to 18.
Option code.

Length. 8 bits. 1+.
Size of the option data in bytes.

Pathname. Variable length.


RFCs:

[RFC 2132] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.


Obsolete RFCs:

[RFC 1533] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.