Re: [Packetfence-devel] who response to the dhcp request in the inline mode ???

[Jesse S. <jes...@gm...>]

You could use dhcrelay through the box to get the DHCP request.

Hope this helps.
-Jesse

On 3/6/07, Brad Davis <da...@en...> wrote:
>
> We'll I'm new to packetfence also, but I'll take a stab at your
> questions...
>
> Nathaniel Felsen wrote:
> > Everything looks ok at this point. I can open the admin interface...
> > Now I'm trying to understand from the client side what it has to do...
> > I'm plugging the client pc inside the inside network. Pf detect it (I
> > guess through the arp request but I'm not sure) but nobody provide an
> > IP address to it (no answer to the dhcprequest).
> >
> > Am I suppose to have a dhcp server running inside the inside network ?
> > If yes, what should be its configuration and what is the difference
> > with the passive mode ???
> >
> >
> Thats right. You need to have a DCHP server running, which can be on the
> packetfence machine or another internal machine. There is nothing
> special about the DHCP configuration.
>
> You'll also need a DNS server reachable from the inside.
>
> Then you should find the packetfence machine will intercept http
> requests in order to force registration.
>
> Can't comment on the passive mode.
>
> Brad
>
>
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