Re: users bypassing shaper limitation

[Maurice Verhagen <maurice@verhagen.org>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, anon wrote:

> my problem is that some local users are changing their own local ip numbers
> (like, 192.168.1.40 to 192.168.1.50) then bypassing the Traffic shaper
> bandwidth limitation. (that was set on 192.168.1.40)
> 
> anyone know how can i prevent this ?

This first that pops into mind is use DHCP and give a IP-lease to the
machines in your local network based on the NIC's Mac address. I
guess the only way out for the "bad guys" is to swap the NICs from another
machine to get the same effect as changing the IPs now.

Regards,
Maurice Verhagen