Re: dhcp server

[Dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
   
   Hi,
   
   	I tried to setup the dhcp-beta (server) under slink. The machine
   has two interfaces. I would like to serve only one, say eth1. 
   	I edited the dhcp.conf file, the server was started but the
   clients couldn't get dynamic IPs. Both, Win98 and Linux clients.
   	The conf file has just simple entries, since a single
   192.168.9.0/24 range will be served. 
   	The relevant parts are:
   -------------
   server-identifier 192.168.9.1   # eth1
   
   option domain-name "boo.br";
   option domain-name-servers 200.136.xx.xxx;
   
   subnet 192.168.9.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
     range 192.168.9.2 192.168.9.254;
     option domain-name-servers 200.136.xx.xxx;
     some other options; # I didn't recall from memory
   }
   ----------------
   	What could be wrong with this? What else should I configure?
   	The eth1 interface support MULTICAST. Even though, I set I route
   for 255.255.255.255 manually, but didn't help.
   	With tcpdump, I can see bootp and bootps being sent to
   255.255.255.255. The clients machines, when booted in Win98, auto assign
   some random IP if can't get via DHCP. After this I can see bogus data
   being generated from them. So the network cables are okay! If I define
   appropriated routes, I can even ping them.
   
   	Please, I would appreciate any help, hint or suggestion on this.
   
Under your 'some other options', make sure you include:

option routers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; # This default gateway passed to clients
option subnet-mask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  # The subnet mask passed to clients

Dennis
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Dennis Kelly <dpk@egr.msu.edu>
Network Adminstrator
College of Engineering, MSU