Dhcp server with different IP series for different dept.

[gulamnavi]

Hi,

How will we ensure dhcp server to have different ip series for different department.

Example:-- operation department gets different ip range and HR department gets different. Like 10 to 50 ip goes to ops dept and 51 100 goes to HR dept.

please help!!

Regards
Gulam Navi

[BoDiddley]

That seems to defeat the intent of DHCP. Why not use non-valid ip network (such as 10.81.1.0 - 255) internally,picking-up a single valid IP addr at the gateway, and manually assign ip addresses at each device?

You are defeating yourself - in my opinion, to desire such a configuration.

[Lazydog]

Can be done but you will need to use the MAC addresses of the machines to set it up this way. Then in your DHCP.CONF file you would need to do something like this;

        host a {
                hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
                fixed-address 192.168.1.10;
        }
        host b {
                hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
                fixed-address 192.168.1.51;
        }

A lot of work if you ask me.

[seacliff]

What you would need would be some software to help you manage dhcp. You should check the infoblox IP management software. I think it'll do what you need.

[Irithori]

Actually, this sounds like a radius job.
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Because in effect you want access control based on people, not actually machines?

[gulamnavi]

That seems to defeat the intent of DHCP. Why not use non-valid ip network (such as 10.81.1.0 - 255) internally,picking-up a single valid IP addr at the gateway, and manually assign ip addresses at each device?

You are defeating yourself - in my opinion, to desire such a configuration.

Hi,

greetings for the day.
Actually this question has asked by some one interviewer and I did not gave the answer. Please suggest some way to configure dhcp server because we cannot bind the MAC addresses for many number of machines.


Regards
Gulam navi

[gulamnavi]

Hi,

Greetings for the day.
Thanks for your response. This is done only if there are less number of machines but what incase of large numbers of machines. Please suggest.

regards
Gulam Navi