DHCP Authentication howto ?

[ip guy]

802.1x would be a layer 1 issue, managing a school on a University campus,
that simply isn't an option at this point.





On 8/31/07, Tim Peiffer <peiffer at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> ip guy wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Can anyone point me to a DHCP Authentication howto ?
> > Were running ICS DHCP allocating IP's to windows hosts so am hopeing
> it's
> > possible to do what i'm after
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> Just say no.  Neither an IP address nor a MAC address are a credential,
> so no there isn't a way to authenticate with DHCP.
>
> Leave the job of providing IP addresses to DHCP, leave authentication to
> things like radius.  Leave network admission control to 802.1x.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tim Peiffer
> Network Support Engineer
> Networking and Telecommunications Services
> University of Minnesota/Northern Lights GigaPOP
>
>
>
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