Hi!
I have DHCP server with DHCP pool set to static only, which contains leases for my company devices.
Now i would like to add Hotspot instance to that same interface that would give network access to my guests.
Is it possible to somehow add second DHCP server that would give addresses from pool to that same interface for clients that are not in static leases?
Or is there some better approach?
Thanks!
A second DHCP server needs a second interface, on a different L2 segment to run on, there can be only one DHCP server for a given L2 segment / broadcast domain. Same goes for hotspot, you cannot run it on your main unrestricted LAN DHCP interface, but an isolated one.
So the first goal is running the hotspot over open SSID interface where you’ll be allowing guests, be it on a VLAN interface, or set straight on wlan device.
While nothing prevents you from using whichever pool you desire for a second DHCP server, you’d better use a different network range for this, there’s plenty of private space to do so. This way your LAN range won’t collide with your hotspot range.
Post a network device diagram…
This is how the network diagram looks like.
DHCP server is on a bridge(wlan+eth) interface.
Company clients are set to static in leases.
For Guest clients, I would like to setup Hotspot and give them username and password to connect to. They should get addresses from DHCP server, preferably in same network as company clients, so they can communicate with them (although it could be in different subnet and i can make routes for that)
What would be the best approach?