Re: DHCP MAC Address Authentication

From: Richard G. Harper (rgharper_at_email.com)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:05:09 -0400

You need something besides DHCP to get the kind of security you want.
Windows 2000 DHCP does not have the ability to deny access, only to grant
it. Check the network devices (routers, switches) on your network to see if
they can be configured to only allow access to known MAC addresses. 

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"Tuerkay Caglayan" <TuerkayCaglayan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:EBB98737-6998-4CC1-B9BD-5C4BDFDF442C@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I want that only known clients can access our network!
> Other clients should have no chance to access our network! I have
> read that I could realise it with DHCP reservation!
>
> To do this reservation is no problem but is it make sense? I think by 
> entering
> the ip address, subnetmask manually the client have also an entrance!
> But I is an better security level than no dhcp reservation?
>
> Thanks for your reply in advance!

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