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On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 16:24 +0000, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: |
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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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> > > |
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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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Yes, while those are perfectly valid solutions and I do utilise such a |
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solution for me when I switch from Home to Work/Work to Home. (which |
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does not cover yet DHCP) |
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I'm hoping that there is a better way via a deny script for mac addrs. |
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