Hi All,

I want to tightly control the devices that attach wired and wireless to my home network.

So far I have restricted the IP address range in the router and assigned fixed IP addresses on certain machines (AP, Laptop, Desktop etc).

I am wondering if this is the best solution as it could lead to conflicts when another device (e.g. laptop) snaggs up the same IP as the (turned off) intended machine.

Should I register the actual MAC addresses in the router configuration options to only allow specific devices to connect?

Or what other best practice options are there for me?