[K12OSN] DHCP and specific IPs

Rob Owens rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com
Thu Nov 13 12:14:39 UTC 2008


Kenneth Lundström wrote:
>>> Also, if they assign an address that is already in use, they'll get
> an IP conflict error.
> 
>> But *both* machines with the duplicate address will have intermittent
> connection problems -- not just 2nd person to pick the address.
> 
> Why not instead tweak the dhcpd config file so those no authorized
> clients gets an wrong ipaddress/netmask/default gateway. Everything
> "works" but you can´t surf.
> 
Hey, that's a smart idea!  I'm gonna use that one someday.

-Rob
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