[olug] AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! (More DHCP)

[Brian Roberson]

do you really have enough machines behind the linux box to need a dhcp
server? why dont you simply use a private net block, such as 192.168.x.x ?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Ferguson" <jferguson3 at home.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! (More DHCP)


> Okay, to answer:
>
> Phil Brutsche wrote:
>
> >> Now, here is my dhcpd.conf file
> >> ----------------------
> >> default-lease-time 600;
> >> max-lease-time 7200;
> >>
> >> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> >> topion broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> >> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> >>
> >> option domain-name-servers 24.3.232.33, 24.3.232.34;
> >>
> >> option domain-name "blvue1.ne.home.com";
> >>
> >> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
> >> {
> >>    range 192.168.1.105 192.168.1.250;
> >> }
> >
> > That should work fine.  Let's check some simple things first.
> >
> > 1) Is dhcpd listed when you run "ps aux" on the Linux firewall?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 2) What does the DHCP client do when you try to get an IP number?
Having
> >    around that actually *tells* you what's going on (ie not MacOS or
> >    Windows) is valuable in this situation.
>
> okay, something like this (Im going from memory, I have to reconfigure
> back to the Linksys thingee to get back online):
>
> DHCPREQUEST .... interval X
> DHCPDISCOVER ... interval X
> DHCPDISCOVER ... interval X
>
> (Is that enough info?)
>
> > 3) What sort of ipchains rules (I'm assuming that you're using 2.2.x)
does
> >    the Linux firewall have?  Can you list them?
>
> No firewall rules are configured yet.  I wanna get the hosts networked
> and pinging each other before adding another layer of complexity with
> the firewall script.
>
> Now, Im tempted to say this isnt really a DHCP problem... last night the
> hosts couldnt ping each other.  I cant say for SURE its not DHCP though,
> but it could be route too. I do NOT know how to use route at the moment.
>
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