Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Rick van Hattem <Rick.van.Hattem@××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and deny clients
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:29:15
Message-Id: 200612110323.55547.Rick.van.Hattem@fawo.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] DHCP and deny clients by Ow Mun Heng
1 On Monday 11 December 2006 02:39, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I have a gentoo server and a laptop both running dhcp (server) at home.
5 > the server serves clients at home.
6 > the laptop, serves client at NON-home places.
7 >
8 > when I plug my laptop into the home, clients will get to my laptop's
9 > dhcp server instead of the home server's dhcp.
10 >
11 > is there a directive which can be used such that I can deny a (specific)
12 > list of mac addresses from requesting addresses??
13 There are several methods, one would be configuring your dhcp server.
14 Another is setting up iptables to block dhcp requests for some mac addresses
15 (bad workaround imho).
16
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18 Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl