Cheers, I did have some thoughts down that route, but didn't know whether you could give it a "bad" address in terms of the scope or not. Shows you how long it is since I set up any DHCP stuff. Let's wait for the support call from the idiot telling me he can't access the internet from work with his (or her) IPhone any more...
2009/9/16 Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> > Agreed just grab the Mac address and give it the address 127.0.0.1 as a > reservation with the same address as the gateway. Lots of fun. > > Jon > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM, John Aldrich < > jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: > >> Sure… can you get the MAC address of that device? If so, just give it a >> static assignment that is “bad” and you’re all set. J Not quite what you >> had in mind, but it works quite well. J >> >> >> >> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:07 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Block device from DHCP scope >> >> >> >> Anyway I can block a device from obtaining an IP address from our DHCP >> scope? I have a rogue IPhone that appears intermittently on my DHCP range. I >> haven't managed to find out who it is yet but if I do I will be sure to >> address it via HR....turning off the wireless unfortunately is not an >> option. I know the user could probably bang in some static settings to get >> around the block, but seeing as though our users can't save things in the >> right folders, I'm relying on them not being savvy enough to enter some >> network settings themselves. >> >> Thanks for all ideas... >> >> -- >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into >> the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able >> rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such >> a question." >> >> http://raythestray.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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