DHCP Server setup

[k0rup7]

Two questions regarding Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 eDesktop:

1. Can the DHCP server allocate IP addresses for Windows boxes, and...

2. If so, can anyone either explain how to set it up, or point me towards a good FAQ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,









Yes - absolutely. In fact you can set more settings with dhcpd than the M$ dhcp server.









Set-up is pretty simple really - just edit your /etc/dhcpd.conf file. The following is an example














subnet 172.16.16.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {




range 172.16.16.10 172.16.16.50;




option routers 172.16.16.5;




option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;




option broadcast-address 172.16.16.255;




option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;




option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;




default-lease-time 21600;




max-lease-time 43200;


}











Sorry about the formatting ! Hopefully, its self explantory - the 'netbios-name-servers' is for wins server info.







See -->

http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP/

You'd obviously have to set it up so that the dhcpd server runs automatically under sysv init - this would be be the same way as for other such services. Presumably, caldera would have an init script in their dhcp rpm .







Hope this helps