Some follow the RFC's to the dot and some don't. The ones that do will look at the SRC instead of the embedded. So the IP gets assigned to the "wrong" MAC.
Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 - Your Full Time Professionals - eBay UserID : macahan --- searchable smartBridges mailing list archive. http://www.mail-archive.com/smartbridges40part-15.org/ -- VsTT> Yes the sender MAC address is replaced with the bridges MAC, but it VsTT> depends where the DHCP server is looking at the MAC address, VsTT> Not all DHCP work the same. VsTT> Vasu VsTT> -----Original Message----- VsTT> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Haynes VsTT> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 2:09 PM VsTT> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Who's Responsible? VsTT> The senders MAC is replaced with the bridges MAC but the DHCP requesting VsTT> MAC VsTT> in the Packet is the PCs. Some DHCP servers look at the wrong address. VsTT> -----Original Message----- VsTT> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:50 PM VsTT> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VsTT> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Who's Responsible? VsTT> If by "packet inspecting", you mean that the DHCP server is looking VsTT> inside VsTT> the VsTT> packets, I don't think that's what is happening. We're doing this same VsTT> thing VsTT> (leasing IPs based on the customer PC's MAC address) using the standard VsTT> ISC VsTT> dhcpd. I think the Airbridges forward DHCP requests with the PC's MAC VsTT> address, rather than their own. Not that it matters, but WET11s do this VsTT> as VsTT> well. VsTT> Craig VsTT> Quoting The Wirefree Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hmmm...must be a packet inspecting DHCP server. Didn't know they >> existed. Cool. >> >> Sully >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayland >> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:08 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Who's Responsible? >> >> -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
