Topic: Brute force DHCP

[SSBN]

Brute force DHCP

I was talking to a guy who deploys systems for hotels high speed internet. He told me they deploy a Linux servers. When you plug in your laptop  in, weather you have your computer with a static ip from another isp  or if you have ppoe or any other high speed connection the server forces it’s ip mask and gateway giving you the internet. You just plug it in and you are online. When you unplug all you old high speed settings are restored. He was not a tec so he couldn’t tell me how or what the software was. Have any of you herd of software that will do this.

[Jon Blakely]

This is what you are probably looking for

DHCP FORCERENEW

http://www.linuxdig.com/rfc/individual/3203.php

Jon

[SSBN]

That looks like it. Do any of you know what I would have to do to my DHCP to get it to do that? Would there be any tarbals or rpm's that would install a dhcp server that would work that way.

[Peter]

I know this is proably not the point, but in the original post you mention static IP's so I don't think it will work against static IP's?

Peter.

[Peter Side]

You are looking at becoming an ISP ?

Peter Side