| Active DHCP Clients [main menu] | |
| Action | This field will cause the active DHCP client to be deauthenticated from the network, banned from associating will not allow packets from the selected MAC addresses to pass through the firewall. If the MAC has already been disabled, the action will restore the MAC address to the system and allow the client to associate with the node again. |
| IP Address | IP address assigned to the client |
| MAC Address | MAC address of the client |
| Client ID | The client identifier if provided |
| Lease Ends | The DHCP lease end time in UTC format. Even if a lease has expired it may still appear in the active list. This will not affect anything because the lease has been abandoned but will be reassigned automatically if the DHCP server runs out of assignable addresses from the IP pool. |
| Active | This will check the ARP table to see if the client has communicated with the node within the last 5 minutes. |
| Disabled MAC list. | This is listing of MAC addresses that are currently blocked from passing traffic and associating with the system. If you want to force a client to a particular node you can ban that client from the other near by nodes. |