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On Thursday 27 April 2006 15:10, Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> On 27 April 2006 15:55, Ow Mun Heng wrote: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > In my current situation, my home network has 1 DHCP server for all the |
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> > clients on the home network. |
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> > My laptop, also runs a dhcp server, for when I use my laptop as a |
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> > firewall/router at work. (no HUB/switch available) |
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> > WHen I get home and I plug into the home-network, a newly booted up PC |
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> > will contact my laptop's DHCP for an address rather than the Home |
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> > network's DHCP server. |
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> > The question is, how can I deny these Home-PCs access to my laptop's |
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> > DHCP server. I know of the "deny" config for pool addreses, but it's not |
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> > horribly clear how this is done. |
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> Wouldn't it be the best solution to shut the dhcp server on you laptop down |
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> when you are at home? |
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> Uwe |
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I agree. I have an DNS and DHCP server on my laptop (for when I am at Uni, so |
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I can act as a gateway/server for a WLAN). |
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I avoid this issue by not having the DNS and DHCP servers on by default. I |
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have a script called "startNET.sh" which starts up the DHCP and DNS when I |
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require it. |
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This has the additional advantage of the fact the programs are not running |
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while the laptop in not connected anywhere (such as when its on batteries and |
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I'm on the train). saving memory and CPU cycles for other things. |
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Why dont you just keep if off until you get to work? then have a script which |
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you can run when you are there. If you like you can have another script which |
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shuts it down for when you get home. |
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