On 17 January 2006 11:50, Chris Ong wrote: > Hi All, > Is there anyway to stop unauthorized or unwanted DHCP server to > broadcast within a network? > > Say, I have a DHCP server is distributing 172.30.10.0/24 IP range, but > a joker simply plug in another DHCP server and distributing > 192.168.12.0/24 IP. Is there anyway I can stop the unwanted DHCP broadcast?
Since the "joker" reprents a social problem it needs a social solution: Find and silence him! ;-) Alright, more seriously. Do you use managed switches? If so, there are several ways depending on your switches' capabilities. Allow DHCP only from *your* server. Disable his port altogether. Uwe -- Unix is sexy: who | grep -i blonde | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount sleep -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
