Problem setting up DHCP server

jayakrishnan · 02-15-2008, 04:00 AM

Hi

Have a slackware 12 based linux system here and been trying to set it up as a DHCP server. Online tutorials tell me to setup a dhcpd.conf file. This is my dhcpd.conf file

Quote:

ddns-update-style none;

option domain-name-servers 203.145.184.13;

default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 604800;

server-name "DHCP Server";

authoritative;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.10;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.0.102;
}

Started the dhcpd server and everything is fine, I started it with -d option which shows the debug messages.

dhcpd -d

But when i configured a windows XP system to get an ip from a DHCP server , its not getting it. Syslog shows nothing , and i dont get any debug message either. The leases file also doesnt contain any entry

Any other place where i should check for errors?

What could be wrong.

bathory · 02-15-2008, 05:26 AM

1.Put

Quote:

option domain-name-servers 203.145.184.13;

together with the other options (i.e. inside the {... ...} part of your dhcpd.conf)
2. Before running dhcp for the first time you have to create by hand the dhcpd.leases file
3. Make sure that there is no firewall blocking port 67

You can take a look here for more info

jayakrishnan · 02-15-2008, 06:29 AM

Hi

Thanks for the reply, no no firewall is blocking port 67