Question on DHCP scope options

Was looking at my scope options for DHCP. Was wondering,

What is the difference between option 006- DNS Servers and option 005- Name Servers?

Aren't they the same?

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Mmartin_47

Bump.........

dynamik

It looks like 005 is for IEN-116 name servers, which are predecessors to DNS. And yes, I had to google that.

kalebksp

Isn't it obvious? Option 5 is for Name Servers, while option 6 is for Domain Name Servers.

Looks like option 5 is for Internet Name Servers, which is a predecessor of DNS.

More information:
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/ien/ien116.txt

EDIT: You beat me! Well I didn't have to google for it, so I win!

PS: That previous statement was a lie.

Mmartin_47

dynamik wrote: »

It looks like 005 is for IEN-116 name servers, which are predecessors to DNS. And yes, I had to google that.

Ah ok thanks.

alphawave

Interesting......I was wondering about this too. Thanks for asking.