From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 22:26:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107BC16A4C2 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 371DF43F27 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:23:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal (svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal [10.0.0.3]) by bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kB4MNBHK027895; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:23:11 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmailmel.bytecraft.internal (Not Verified[10.0.0.24]) by svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal with MailMarshal (v6, 1, 4, 441) id ; Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:23:11 +1100 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:23:09 +1100 Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1266CA6@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: finding out what devices got an ip from the dhcp ? Thread-Index: AccX8PLCBmqfLg4LTymr+9Ev4jEv/wAAVhgg From: "Murray Taylor" To: "Beni" , Cc: Subject: RE: finding out what devices got an ip from the dhcp ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:26:13 -0000 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Beni > Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 7:19 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: finding out what devices got an ip from the dhcp ? >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > Is there an easy and fast way to find out what computers got=20 > an ip from the=20 > dhcp daemon running on my Linksys WAG54G ? >=20 > I know I can log onto the adsl gateway and check it via the=20 > webinterface and=20 > see in realtime how many addresses are distributed to what=20 > pc-names, but=20 > there i have no history and i was hoping there were other=20 > ways of checking=20 > this out.=20 >=20 > I'm not at all paranoid but i would like to check who's on my=20 > (wpa-protected)=20 > wireless lan... >=20 > Thanks for any tips/hints. >=20 > Beni. >=20 Does the wifi AP provide for MAC tables? ie you set up the permissible=20 MAC addresses that can connect to the wifi AP....=20 Then only valid MAC listed NICs can get an address from the dhcp server=20 in the wifi access point. While not perfect it certainly 'Makes It Harder' for the=20 opportunistic wardrivers to connect as their NIC isnt 'known' in the wifi MAC table. HTH mjt --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ###