# Enum - NetIpConfigInfoIpAddressOrigin(vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddressOrigin)

Since
  vSphere API 4.1

## Enum Description

This specifies how an IP address was obtained for a given interface. See RFC 4293 IpAddressOriginTC.

Enum Constants

Name | Description
--- | ---
dhcp | The address is configured through dhcp.
linklayer | The address is obtained through stateless autoconfiguration (autoconf). See RFC 4862, IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration.
manual | The address is configured manually. The term 'static' is a synonym.
other | Any other type of address configuration other than the below mentioned ones will fall under this category. For e.g., automatic address configuration for the link local address falls under this type.
random | The address is chosen by the system at random e.g., an IPv4 address within 169.254/16, or an RFC 3041 privacy address.

Show WSDL type definition
<simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="NetIpConfigInfoIpAddressOrigin"> <restriction base="xsd:string"> <enumeration value="other"/> <enumeration value="manual"/> <enumeration value="dhcp"/> <enumeration value="linklayer"/> <enumeration value="random"/> </restriction> </simpleType>