07-02-2004 11:42 AM - edited 02-21-2020 01:13 PM
I am trying to find the best way to assign a static IP address for each VPN client based not on the user, but the PC that is connecting. I will be using the 4.0 client connecting to a VPN 3005, and need each PC to have a static IP once connected to allow for tracking of the stations. Any user could use any PC, so assigning by user is not possible.
If anyone has any thoughts on a reasonable way to acheive this, it would be greatly appreciated.
07-13-2004 07:35 AM
Any update on this?
07-28-2004 02:39 PM
I have not found a satisfactory solution to this yet. TAC was not able to provide any insight, and my local SEs helped me research a bit. What we have found is that the concentrator sends the DHCP request with its MAC plus some random string at the end, which is not consistant for a client. It also does not appear to send the client name in the initial dhcp request, so I cannot define the hosts in DHCP.
The only option I have found as of yet is creating a VPN group per PC, with a pool of 1 IP per group. Unfortunately I fear I will hit the limit of groups before finishing, so the customer may start evaluating other products to see if something else may match their requirements.
08-10-2004 08:23 AM
One last reply to see if anyone has any ideas on this. I found out that we are dealing with more than 100 PCs, so the VPN Group option will not work. I may be on site tomorrow so I may sniff the DHCP requests for anything that may be useful. I had hoped I could have DHCP hand out an address based on the hostname, but initial testing appeared to indicate that the concentrator does not send the hostname in the initial dhcp request.
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