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2.2.1.1.10 DHCP_OPTION_DATA_TYPE

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The DHCP_OPTION_DATA_TYPE enumeration defines the format types for DHCP option values and is used in the DHCP_OPTION_DATA_ELEMENT (section 2.2.1.2.23) structure. The DHCPM RPC methods can create the option definition on the DHCP server, which can contain option value in various formats.

 typedef  enum _DHCP_OPTION_DATA_TYPE
 {
   DhcpByteOption,
   DhcpWordOption,
   DhcpDWordOption,
   DhcpDWordDWordOption,
   DhcpIpAddressOption,
   DhcpStringDataOption,
   DhcpBinaryDataOption,
   DhcpEncapsulatedDataOption,
   DhcpIpv6AddressOption
 } DHCP_OPTION_DATA_TYPE,
  *LPDHCP_OPTION_DATA_TYPE;

DhcpByteOption: The option value is of type BYTE.

DhcpWordOption: The option value is of type WORD.

DhcpDWordOption: The option value is of type DWORD [MS-DTYP] section 2.2.9.

DhcpDWordDWordOption: The option value is of type DWORD_DWORD (section 2.2.1.2.22).

DhcpIpAddressOption: The option value is of type DHCP_IP_ADDRESS (section 2.2.1.2.1).

DhcpStringDataOption: The option value is a pointer, of type LPWSTR, to a null-terminated UNICODE string.

DhcpBinaryDataOption: The option value is of type DHCP_BINARY_DATA (section 2.2.1.2.9).

DhcpEncapsulatedDataOption: The option value is encapsulated and of type DHCP_BINARY_DATA.

DhcpIpv6AddressOption: The option value is an IPv6 address represented as a pointer, of type LPWSTR, to a null-terminated Unicode string.