BOOTP/DHCP option 27, All Subnets are Local

Description:

Length:3 bytes total.

This option specifies whether or not the client may assume that all subnets of the IP network to which the client is connected use the same MTU as the subnet of that network to which the client is directly connected.


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 27:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223
Code Length Value

Code. 8 bits. Always set to 27.
Option code.

Length. 8 bits. Always set to 1.
Size of the option data in bytes.

Value. 8 bits.

ValueDescription
0Some subnets of the directly connected network may have smaller MTUs.
1All subnets share the same MTU.

RFCs:

[RFC 2132] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.


Obsolete RFCs:

[RFC 1533] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.