Hi,

> Hi all,
> 
> i want to make a network such that only those machines can connect 
> to the network whose MAC address is registered with our server. 
> Presently i have a DNS server which is acting as a gateway also and 
> i have given fixed ips to all the clients. Is it possible to 
> configure a MAC based server in linux.

The way I'd do this is have a DHCP server on your network, get all those
machines as DHCP clients, and control what machines can have an IP based on
their MAC reservation within the DHCP scope.

Regards,

Michael.

> Any help is appreciated
> 
> thanks
> 
> Vivek Chalotra
> GRID Project Associate,
> High Energy Physics Group,
> Department of Physics & Electronics,
> University of Jammu,
> Jammu 180006,
> INDIA.
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