The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'Addition of Device Class to Agent Options' <draft-ietf-dhc-agentoptions-device-class-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Erik Nordmark and Thomas Narten. Technical Summary This document defines a new sub-option to the DHCP Relay Information Agent Option. This new sub-option is for use with DOCSIS cable modems and describes a "device class" to which the cable modem belongs. The cable modem signals its device class information to the Relay Agent using DOCSIS signalling, and the Relay Agent forwards the device class information to the DHCP Server as part of DHCP request that it relays from the modem. The DHCP server which can then make a policy decision based on it. Working Group Summary There was consensus for this document and no issues were raised during the Last Call. Protocol Quality This specification has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten.
