On Friday 17 June 2005 11:59, Ronny wrote: > Sorry George to ask I know this is a Linux List but what OS /*nix flavor > is this?
Sorry for the oversight. OS is SuSE 9.1 running DHCP Version 3. > And what don't you like that machine to access?Is it the compus > LAN or the internet? I don't want the machine to get an IP address at all. Of course if it doesn't get the IP, it cannot access either the LAN or the Internet. > Sorry for asking you yet you expect answers :-):-) Thats fine. Your next posting should be an answer:-) > Ronny > > Lule George William wrote: > >Hello all, > >I have a DHCP server running which I use to assign both static and dynamic > >addresses. > >However, I want a to use the same server to completely deny assigning IP > >addresses to certain MAC addresses . e.g if a host with MAC address is > >00034e56f034 hooks up to the network, please DO NOT assign it an IP > > address whatsoever. > >I have tried two approaches: > >1. Give the machine an IP address but expire it immediately, > > max-lease-time 0;. Surprisingly, the machine gets and MAINTAINS the IP > > address!! This didn't work. > >2. Don't assign an IP address to that MAC address. I haven't figured a way > > of doing this. Someone help out there. > >Approach 1 can work if I can find a way of stopping a machine from > > renewing the lease. Any help on either approaches? -- ************************************************************************ Lule George William (Mr) Network and Systems Administrator Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi P.O. Box 5498 Kampala Uganda /* The only reason some people are alive is because it is illegal to shoot them */ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
