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Re: [dhcwg] What sorts of services does DHCP configure?

"Reinaldo Penno (repenno)" <repenno@cisco.com> Tue, 15 October 2013 22:01 UTC

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From: "Reinaldo Penno (repenno)" <repenno@cisco.com>
To: Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com>
Thread-Topic: [dhcwg] What sorts of services does DHCP configure?
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On 10/15/13 2:22 PM, "Ted Lemon" <ted.lemon@nominum.com> wrote:

>On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Reinaldo Penno (repenno) <repenno@cisco.com>
>wrote:
>> In some enterprise environments the mail server you connect (Exchange or
>> IMAP) vary depending on your location. Same for SIP Servers, etc.  You
>> want users to connect to the closest server.
>
>Can you give me any example where DHCP is the right way to solve the
>problem as you have stated it?

Right way? I can not. It might be one way, and if not DHCP something else
needs to be on its place.

>Particularly in an enterprise environment, I am _highly_ skeptical that
>there is ever a case where it makes sense to send a user to different
>Exchange servers as they move around the company.

By move around I mean when I'm in Japan my iPhone connects to closest Push
Server. 

>
>SIP is a little more believable, in that I really wish my current
>SIP<->POTS provider allowed me to register with the closest SIP server
>rather than always being bound to the SIP server closest to my home, but
>I don't see how DHCP can help me to solve this problem, since the SIP
>server I would need to register with is based on my relationship to my
>SIP provider, not to whoever happens to have an open WiFi for me to use
>at the moment.


There are several SIP Servers and relays inside some companies.

>

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