dhcpd not doing what it is told

["Richard Barraclough" <richard@sigma.ndo.co.uk>]

Hi,

dhcpd isn't doing what it is told!

My local network (on eth0) works fine if I configure the hosts manually. The
server has address 192.168.1.1 and /etc/dhcpd.conf reads as follows

default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 86400;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1, 194.72.6.57;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
 range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100;
}

However, my client receives address 169.254.154.235 with no subnet mask or
router/gateway address.

What is happening?


Other information:
I have an ethernet card (eth1) with will go to a cable modem.
I have not changed any init.d settings because I don't know how.
dhclient is running on eth1.


Thanks for reading.

--
Richard Barraclough
richard@sigma.ndo.co.uk
www.sigma.ndo.co.uk