DHCP Registration Announcement

Mandatory registration of network devices will be required, starting later this month, in order to gain access to the facility network. In particular, computers using the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service to obtain an IP address automatically will have to be registered in the MISCOMP equipment database beforehand to receive access to the network. Users with unregistered systems will be faced with a temporary registration web page, good for the current day only, which must be filled out before full network access is granted. The Computing Division and D0 Offline subnets will be the first ones affected by this change, tentatively by the end of this month. Other areas of the laboratory network will follow soon after.

Users of unregistered computers will need to open a web browser and visit any URL to bring up the DHCP registration form. The form asks for some basic contact information and should take only about a minute to fill out. The registration process is described at http://computing.fnal.gov/security/registration_dhcp.html.

If the system will be at Fermilab for longer than a few days, it must also be registered in the MISCOMP database, as temporary registration will only be allowed for a few days per visit. Permanent registration is accomplished as described below, and should become effective within one to two business days.

Permanent Registration

To apply for permanent registration, complete the form at https://miscomp.fnal.gov/misnet/cgi/nwsvc.pl. The system name, its IP address (if a permanent assignment has already been made), its built-in hardware address (the so-called "MAC Address"), its location, and the name, email and phone number of the individual responsible for this machine are all required. (Computers with multiple network interfaces must register all of the built-in addresses. See http://www-dcn.fnal.gov/DCG-Docs/mac/ for more information about determining a computer's built-in MAC address.)

To see if your system is already registered, go to: https://miscomp.fnal.gov/misnet/systemName.html and enter its node name into the "Any System(s) by Name" query box. To change information on an already registered machine go to: https://miscomp.fnal.gov/misnet/cgi/nwsvc.pl.

If you need help determining whether the systems you use are registered or how to prepare your guests for visits, contact your General Computer Security Coordinator (GCSC). There is a list of GCSCs at http://computing.fnal.gov/security/#contacts.