6.3 DHCP option how to enter

RouterOS General
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Hi,

I am trying to set up dhcp option 66 with a text value of ftp://blahblahblah and it’s giving me invalid data type no matter what I enter for the value. Tried single quotes around it and double quotes - no way that I can find to get this value into the dhcp option.

Is this a bug?

-Rich

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http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server

v6 you must quote text ‘66’

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v6 you must quote text ‘66’

Thanks for your reply, however it makes me wonder if you read the complete text of my posting… the part about where I said I tried to enclose in single quotes?

-Rich

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Sorry for the option number 66 no quotes for the value put quotes

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Sorry for the option number 66 no quotes for the value put quotes

I really appreciate your trying to help, however you have completely missed the fact that I have already tried to enter the value in with quotes and it does not work. Hence my post on the forums.

Anyone else?

-Rich

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Is there someone from Mikrotik that can chime in here? This is holding me up. I know these routers are inexpensive but if I can’t get a basic function like dhcp to work right and can’t get support they are useless to me. Can someone please help?

-Rich

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Temporarily you can try http://www.branah.com/ascii-converter to convert text into hex, but please send bug info to support@mikrotik.com. This is very old bug.

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Or the this way
See my post:

http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/dhcp-option-add-bug-solved/65470/1

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Or the this way
See my post:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=71873#p365190

This worked through the terminal but not through winbox - but nevertheless it’s entered.

Thanks!
-Rich

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“Bug” is in the manual: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server#DHCP_Options
There should be an information that:

  1. using console to input string value, BOTH quotation marks should be used ( ’ and " ):
add name=Name code=10 value= "'Test'"
  1. using Winbox, only single quote should be used:
    dhcp_option.jpg
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  1. using Winbox, only single quote should be used:

I listed in my first post that I had tried all combinations of quotes in winbox - nothing worked. It will not take a single quote - still gives invalid data type. When I do it from the terminal it works using both quotes.

-Rich

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Yes.

And also a note with the way how to enter this ascii string on the web gui.
Like my other posts on this forum. http://forum.mikrotik.com/search.php?author_id=58625&sr=posts

But I am glad that mikrotik fix the bugs and more features on the way to
this very greate product.

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Right, thread is about 6.3. I am using 6.4.

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Also try this site https://www.easyunitconverter.com/ascii-hex-binary-decimal-converter to convert text into hex,