DHCP Server Not Assigning Addresses

jimsproch · 07-03-2007, 04:20 PM

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bsdunix · 07-03-2007, 09:30 PM

We're going to need more information about your setup and any errors your getting to help troubleshoot your problem.

Quote:

I followed this tutorial to the letter

The tutorial you referenced is using eth1 to have the DHCP service listen on, is that what you want?

jimsproch · 07-03-2007, 09:48 PM

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bathory · 07-04-2007, 02:25 AM

Quote:

LEASEFILE="/var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases"

One common problem when setting up dhcpd is that file. You should:

Code:

touch /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases

before starting the dhcpd server for the first time.

bsdunix · 07-04-2007, 09:18 AM

This DHCP server article is SuSE related, so you might find this helpful.

SolutionBase: Configuring a DHCP server with SuSE's YaST
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6180759.html

Quote:

This is on Suse Linux 10.3 Build 5.

Being that your using a developmental version, it's possible (however unlikely), the system is not stable for DHCP server usage.

Debugging is very helpful when something is not working as expected. Basically, all you need to do is first make sure the dhcpd server is not running, then start dhcpd from the command line with the -d option. Here's an article about it.

Configuring a DHCP Server for Linux
https://linuxlink.timesys.com/docs/linux_dhcp

Code:

# dhcpd -d eth1

On the screen you'll see what dhcpd is doing.