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From: David Schwartz
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: force use of a well known dhcp server
From: David Schwartz
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: force use of a well known dhcp server
On Apr 2, 7:36 am, mbm
> Is it possible to force the dhclient to communicate only with a fixed
> DHCP server
>
> I think this will resolve the problem raised by a bad DHCP server
> connecte to the LAN
>
> Any comment is welcome
If you don't trust DHCP on the LAN for any reason, I'd recommend using
static configuration if at all possible. Otherwise, I suppose you can
add 'ipfilter' rules to block out DHCP packets from other MAC
addresses.
DS
