James is correct.  I know what DHCP can do but this other box I saw can
pass traffic to the wan no matter what the users IP settings are set to.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: James W. McKeand [mailto:james at mckeand dot biz] 
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:32 AM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Just Mac to get traffic out the door?

Don Munyak wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bryan Catlin <bryancatlin at connectgroup dot net>
> Date: Oct 13, 2005 1:55 AM
> Subject: [m0n0wall] Just Mac to get traffic out the door?
> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> 
> 
> Is there a way to allow users out the wan without having them have to 
> dhcp first?  I guess where I am going with this is say a user has a pc 
> that has a fixed IP for there office or home and they do not change it 
> is there a way to still allow them to gain access to the wan port IE 
> the internet without having them change their IP settings to dhcp?
> 
> I have seen this on another box and for public locations would be a 
> very useful thing for mmm... more non technical users to get to the 
> net.  On the other box they use the mac only not Ips to pass the 
> traffic.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
> 
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> You could setup a DHCP rnage on m0n0wall from 100-200, then put a 
> static IP on the the mobile user of say 50.
> 
> DHCP does more than issue an IP.
> 1. It tells the PC the gateway of last resort.
> 2. It tells the PC what DNS to use.
> 3. It can also tell the PC about WINS servers 4. ...etc, many more 
> possibilities
> 
> If you give the pc a fixed IP for work, you will also need to give it 
> a fixed gateway, subnet mask and DNS, which may not work at home or on 
> the road.
> 
> - Don

I think Brian is going for the scenario that the guest user does not have to
change anything on his/her laptop for the access to function. I have seen
posts on this on the list.  Basically, the m0n0wall has to be able to
respond to ANY IP, that is difficult to say the least. I believe that end
result was that it would not work. But, check the list archive anyway.

_________________________________
James W. McKeand


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