hi all,
am new at linux and am implementing a project to make 2 subnets get an internet connection passing through my linux box. am using fedora core 9 and i have 3 nics on my pc.

eth0: connected to the internet
eth1: connected to the network 192.168.4.0
eth2: connected to the network 192.168.5.0

my problem is that my dhcp server is not starting. my dhcpd.conf looks like this:

ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
#First Subnet is specified
subnet 192.168.4.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# The range of IP addresses the server will issue to DHCP enabled PC clients booting up on # the network
range 192.168.4.2 192.168.4.255;

# Set the amount of time in seconds that
# a client may keep the IP address
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 86400;

# Set the default gateway to be used by the PC clients
option routers 192.168.4.1;
# Don't forward DHCP requests from this NIC interface to any other NIC interfaces
option ip-forwarding off;
# Set the broadcast address and subnet mask to be used by the DHCP clients
option broadcast-address 192.168.4.255;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

# Set the DNS server to be used by the DHCP clients
option domain-name-servers 172.22.5.13;
}
#second subnet specified
subnet 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# The range of IP addresses the server will issue to DHCP enabled PC clients booting up on # the network
range 192.168.5.2 192.168.5.255;

# Set the amount of time in seconds that a client may keep the IP address
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 86400;

# Set the default gateway to be used by the PC clients
option routers 192.168.5.1;
# Don't forward DHCP requests from this NIC interface to any other NIC interfaces
option ip-forwarding off;

# Set the broadcast address and subnet mask
# to be used by the DHCP clients

option broadcast-address 192.168.5.255;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

# Set the DNS server to be used by the DHCP clients
option domain-name-servers 172.22.5.13;
}

when i do "tail -f /var/log/messages", it says no declaration of subnet. should there be a different configuration file for declaring subnets? if so, where should it be found and what should be written in it to declare the subnet?

Thx in advance for your help.

I'm still looking at the conf, but right off the bat, your range statements are incorrect and need some fix'in:

192.168.x.255, given the netmask specified, is a broadcast address. The highest ip you can legally specify is 192.168.x.254.

Please paste the output of 'netstat -rnv' from your dhcp server.