Finding neighbours on my LAN

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi Tim, Matthew, others,

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 09:12:14PM +0000, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 20:42 +0100, Suvayu Ali wrote: 
> > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 02:27:41PM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:14:29 +0100
> > > Suvayu Ali wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Can someone point me in the right direction?
> > > 
> > > Get a better router that supports DNS as well as DHCP?
> > 
> > My landlord owns the router.  I think the easiest setup for me would be
> > if the router could assign a predetermined ip for a given mac_address.
> > I can't setup my computers to use fixed ip as they are portables and
> > leave the house.  I use fixed ip outside the DHCP range for my desktop.
> 
> I think that's actually no longer a serious issue, as NetworkManager now
> supports profiles.  In the Network settings app, you can select settings
> for each WiFi access point and you can create profiles for the wired
> interface as well.  Profiles can be associated with IPV4 and IPV6
> settings (including whether you DHCP or assign a permanent IP), security
> settings, and firewall zones, so you can have a permissive firewall at
> home, open ports for needed services at work, and have a tightly closed
> firewall for public access points.

I had forgotten about this possibility.  This works nicely for wireless
using SSIDs, is it possible to do this for wired connections?  After all
they do not have something similar to SSID to serve as identifier.

-- 
Suvayu

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