On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, mjo wrote:
> Can someone double check me? I'm not sure why this isn't working. I'm
> setting up a Linux DHCP server using dhcpd (version 2.0). All the clients will
> be windows 98 machines. In Windows, I've selected the "obtain IP address
> automatically" radio button.
>
> In Linux, I've used: route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
> After I edit dchpd.conf, I restart it. It does not give any errors but
> the Windows machines are not getting their ips from the server.
>
> Here is my dhcpd.conf file:
>
> server-identifier servo;
^^^^^
This will cause a problem unless servo will resolve to an IP address.
It should also be enclosed in quotes.
>
> default-lease-time 36000;
> max-lease-time 100000;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option domain-name "mckinley";
^^^^^^^^
This will cause a problem unless mckinley will resolve to an IP address.
> option domain-name-servers 63.116.57.194;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0{
> range 192.168.1.50 192.168.1.255;
> }
>
>
> Anythoughts? Thanks :)
>
You config file looks good except for the "option domain-name" and the
"server-identifier" settings. They may be enough to make it fail. Did
you check for messages in /var/log/messages? There should be startup
and error messages.
Mikkel
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