DHCP/bootstrapping of various devices

From: Geronimo W. Christ Esq (thegreatsuprendo_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/09/05 

Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 19:54:45 +0100

Hi,

I'm working with a system where several different but related devices
may wish to boot by downloading an OS kernel from a central source. I
was hoping to achieve this using DHCP, which does everything I want
except one thing - I can't find a way to identify to the DHCP server
what type of device I am.

For example, I'd like to be able to tell the DHCP server that I am
device type A, and it would respond with the correct configuration
details appropriate for type A. If a type B device makes a request, the
DHCP server would respond with a type B configuration and so on.

Are there any standard ways of achieving this ?

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