From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 18:31:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE3F16A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:31:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from whoweb.com (whoweb.com [216.38.168.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E631F43D1D for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:31:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mailist@whoweb.com) Received: from whoweb.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whoweb.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7KIVNTe099032; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:31:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mailist@localhost) by whoweb.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7KIVNjw099031; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:31:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:31:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Incoming Mail List Message-Id: <200408201831.i7KIVNjw099031@whoweb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wayne@etaq.com Subject: Re: dhcpd MAC filter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:31:39 -0000 I can't determine if you want to simply assign addresses by MAC address or set up a firewall to packet filter based upon MAC address. dhdpd can do the former and ipfw can do the latter. The man pages dhcpd and ipfw have examples on how to accomplish either or both. >Is there a way to allow or disallow certain computers by their >MAC number? >I prefer that my FreeBSD system hand out the IP addresses, >and I cannot find this MAC-filtering ability at man dhcpd. J