[Dnsmasq-discuss] Re: Using Machine Name to Allocate IP Address

[Simon Kelley]

Rajeshwar wrote:
> Hi,
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> I installed a dnsmasq.conf file successfully. And the DHCP is working 
> fine. My requirement is I want to do MAC based authentication.
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> When I tried to give the MAC address = IP Address. Its not taking
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> * *
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> *Example:*
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> * *
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> I have 10 computer and 5 laptops in my organization. If somebody will 
> bring the laptop and plug the network cable he will get the IP where he 
> can see all the data. Which Is wrong. The moment he will plug the cable 
> he should not get the IP because the mac address is not in the file.
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> So please tell me where and how to configure.
> 

You need to configure the DHCP range for static address allocation only. 
Something like

dhcp-range=192.168.0.1,static


See the man page entry for dhcp-range for more details.


Cheers,

Simon.