What is the purpose of DHCP Option 43, and how is it used with WLANs?

It provides clients with a temporary IP address on a restricted VLAN until 802.1X authentication is completed. Then the client receives its

long-term IP address.

It provides IP address bindings for specific network nodes that require long-term IP address assignments. WLAN controllers are configured

to use Option 43 to receive long-term IP address leases that are centrally managed with DHCP.

It supports vendor-specific IP address attributes for node discovery purposes. APs use Option 43 with vendor class identifiers to obtain the

IP address of a centralized WLAN controller.

It integrates a DHCP server with AAA servers and user databases to dynamically assign IP addresses to client devices. During 802.1X, the

AAA server uses