From: Robert Lowe (Robert.H.Lowe@lawrence.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 14:54:33 CDT
Steve Hess wrote:
Steve,
> Thanks for the input. I just wanted to ensure this was normal
> behavior. I don't think the Lease Lookup works from within subnet
> overview because, in my case at least, it does an FC (find conf entry)
That doesn't sound right. To the left of each row, you should see
an encircled "L" and "U". The "U" will result in an FC, while the
"L" should call FL, which should work fine. Is this the CIDR kit,
or the stock 1.3 release candidate?
-Robert
> so it returns nothing when the person is not in the subnet they
> originally registered in. Lease Manager does work and since this is
> normal behavior that's what I'll use. I appreciate the suggestions.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Steve
>
> At 10:06 AM 8/22/2003 -0500, Robert Lowe wrote:
>
>> IIRC, you're using the CIDR kit, but correct me if I'm wrong...
>>
>> The only way a registered MAC address is associated with a subnet is
>> through the recorded unregistered IP address in the comment part
>> of the entry in dhcp.conf[.new]. That is the reason you will never
>> find a student in their new subnet, when they registered in a different
>> one. In the CIDR kit, you still should be able to find them through
>> either the lease manager, or clicking on the encirled "L" in the subnet
>> overview of the subnet on which that student registered. All lease
>> lookups happen based on MAC address.
>>
>> Is this a problem? Perhaps, but there seem to be a few approaches to
>> fix this: 1) edit dhcpd.conf.new directly and change the unregistered
>> IP address in the comment to one associated with the new subnet (pick
>> any one you like, it doesn't matter), 2) delete the entry (via admin.cgi)
>> and have the student re-registered in the new subnet, or 3) live with it,
>> but force all students to re-register every term/quarter/semester, since
>> most housing/subnet moves would happen then. The later seems to be the
>> practice of several people here.
>>
>> Does that help?
>>
>> -Robert
>>
>> Steve Hess wrote:
>>
>>> If a student registers in one subnet and moves to another,
>>> what is the preferred tool to locate that student. I had assumed,
>>> perhaps incorrectly, that using Subnet Overview I could see all users
>>> in a subnet, both those who reigstered in that subnet and those who
>>> were active there but didn't register there. When that didn't work I
>>> went to looking based on username. I can find the user but not the
>>> lease, in fact no leases are listed. Same thing with a MAC Address
>>> search, the user is found and it says there are leases in the stats
>>> header but it doesn't list any leases. The only way I seem to be
>>> able to find the Username/Lease association is through Lease
>>> Manager. It shows me the active lease as well as the previous leases
>>> from the original subnet.
>>> This will be our first year using NetReg and I want to ensure
>>> this behavior is normal.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Steve Hess
>>> Network/Telecommunications Technician
>>> Wheaton College
>>> Phone: (508) 286-3404
>>> Fax: (508) 286-8270
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
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