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

[Sten Carlsen <[e-mail]>]

On 15/10/13 23.22, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Reinaldo Penno (repenno) <[e-mail]> 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?   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.
Actually that is what happened in Nokia, it was not in general the DHCP
that made it happen but yes, there is a good case here. Think that I
normally live in Copenhagen but next day I might be in Beijing or San
Diego, you really want to use the closer server and in some cases there
are strict rules, maybe even laws about it (not sure which). For
Exchange, the point is obviously that your mail and calendar comes from
the same repository wherever you are but outgoing mail and other
services may be more locally anchored.
>
> 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.
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