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How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

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  • 1.  How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 24, 2013 07:54 PM

    Hi all,

    Our customer want to assign static IP base on device(DHCP),whether its using wire or wireless.

    Is there anyone know how?

    Thanks.

     



  • 2.  RE: How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 24, 2013 09:44 PM

    What kind of the devices you want assign? e.g mobile device, laptop, desktop, printer, VoIP phone, etc?



  • 3.  RE: How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 24, 2013 09:58 PM

    The device which have mutiple ethernet adapters.

    For example,most of notebook have one ethernet adapter for LAN and another for WLAN.

    Thanks



  • 4.  RE: How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 25, 2013 12:00 AM

    Devices on the network use unique identification such as mac-address.  As a use case, do you want to assign a specific IP address  every time to VIP's laptop?  Or   Do you want to categorize based on type of device..such as Apple TV or iphone or some other manufacturer...

     

    Basically, network cannot identify the role of the use in the organization just by looking at the device. Yes, with the help of dhcp fingerprinting, we can identify the type of device..

     

     

     



  • 5.  RE: How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 25, 2013 04:27 AM

    Yes, I want to assign a specific IP address  every time to VIP's laptop whether it's connected with wired or wireless.



  • 6.  RE: How to assign IP base on device,not MAC address

    Posted Nov 25, 2013 10:08 AM

    No, we cannot reserve IP addresses for specific machines when using controller as a DHCP server.  DHCP on aruba controllers is mainly for access points and guest users. 

     

    You can definitely use external dhcp server hosted on windows servers, that give an option of reserving IP address to the MAC address. But, we cannot reserve the same IP address to Wired MAC address and Wireless MAC address. You can choose two IP addresses...one for Wired and one for Wireless.

     

    We have an knowledge base article on Aruba Support website:  

     

     

    Can we reserve IP addresses on the Controller’s DHCP server to be assigned to a specific mac address?