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You could register them on the campus DHCP by using MAC address cloning -
either take a linux machine, reset its adapter MAC address using the command
line / GUI, and register it with DHCP, or use a NAT router/firewall set up
to clone the MAC address of the printer.
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Jack Kramer
Computer Systems Specialist
University Relations, Michigan State University
w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955
> From: Gary Schrock <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Gary Schrock <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:07:37 -0500
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MSUNAG] changes in access to 35.15 from wireless and vpn?
>
> Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if anyone has noticed any changes to
> whether wireless (using the MSU Wireless and/or MSU Wireless Guest) or
> vpn can access the 35.15 block of ips? I know the 35.15 has
> restrictions on what it can access going out, but I'm pretty sure at
> least up until recently, we could get to them from the wireless and vpn
> connections.
>
> Reason for asking: rather than chewing up a bunch of ip addresses for
> printers, we've tended to leave them on the 35.15 address they get, and
> at least up until recently, that has seemed to not cause any problems.
> (And for machines in the 35.8 range, it looks like they still work
> properly). However, and I'm not entirely sure when this started, lately
> it seems that users that I have on wireless have had issues getting to
> these printers.
>
> So basically, I'm just kinda wondering if I'm going to have to break
> down and give these printers static ip addresses (unless someone knows
> of a way to register them on the campus dhcp?).
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
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