setting up a dhcp server

Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

Is there a guide to setting up a dhcp server ?

I searched the forums and all I found were problems relating to dhcp and not the actual how to.

Any ideas?
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TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

Check out Chapter 3 of the Diskless Nodes with Gentoo document...
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moby · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 29

If you are seriously going to setup and run DHCP in a business setting, I would suggest you purchase:

"The DHCP Handbook" written by Ralph Droms, Ph.D. (wrote the RFC), and Ted Lemon (programmed the ISC dhcp server).

Excelent reference.

If your just setting it up at home for fun, just emerge it and follow the documentation that comes with it. If you get stuck post a question, and we will try to help. I haven't run accross a How-to in these forums. Of course I wasn't looking for one either

-moby

Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

sadly its just for home use.

I have a laptop that I am dual booting

windows for work and home and gentoo for home

problem is that work has a dhco server running so when I get home and want to plug my laptop in, I need to go and change the ip settings all the time

would be so much easier just plugging it in and thats that.

I found a guide in the wiki and followed it but I am still having problems

when I start the dhcp

I get this

setting ownership on dhcp.leases [ok]
starting dhcpd .... [!!]
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TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

check the log file to see why this is failing to start...
do you have a /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases file in place?
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Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

/var/lib/dhcp/dhcp.leases exists

Its chowed to dhcp and is chmodded 644

which log file should I be looking at ?
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xbmodder · Guru Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 404

type this 'dhcpd'
tell us what it says
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Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

I'm at work so I'll have to wait till I get home in 7 hours or so so I can check.

I cant log into my server remotely as I forgot to tart the adsl connection when i left this morning

*slaps forehead*
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Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

it spits out a message about

no subnet declaration for eth1

thats the only error I see
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Rush[ZA] · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Johannesburg

yep

thats set
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TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

Do you have a /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file, and is it configured foryour situation?
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nobspangle · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:04 am Post subject:

the log files will tell you why dhcpd is not starting.
If you have syslog check /var/log/messages if you have metalog check /var/log/everything/current

thomasando · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Posts: 94

Try