OpenBSD 3.7 / generic kernel / stock dhcp and stuff This was just one of those calls to tech support that left me shaking my head. We have a bunch of Apple airports and Apple airport extremes (AE). We are having them assign out a part of the network different than the main dhcp server so we can tell who the wi-fi users are. The original airports are okay, but the extremes seem to ignore thier settings and just pull from the networks dhcp pool instead of what we programmed into them.
Hence my strange tech support call. Essentially apple said: Your DHCP server is sending out a signal that tells the airport extreme to override its settings and use the main dhcp server. The older airports were not as sensitive which is why they work. Phooey on them. I was not aware that DHCP servers sent out any sort of advertisement or signal to override other equiptment. So I want to block all dhcp traffic to the AE units. I've been checking to see if there was a way to do it in dhcpd.conf, but I cannot find one. I am thinking pf on the dhcp server to those specific ip addresses (wifi static ips) killing DHCP traffic. Since the AE already has its own static IP and is set with dhcp info internally, maybe it would decide its on its own and actually work like its set up to Is this the best way to compensate? Is there really a mysterious DHCP signal that goes out and overrides stuff? Thanks much -- Bill Chmura Director of Internet Technology Explosivo ITG Wolcott, CT p: 860.621.8693 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w. http://www.explosivo.com
