%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ dhcp-&dhcp-version;.tar dhcp Dhcp The DHCP package contains both the client and server programs for DHCP. dhclient (the client) is useful for connecting your computer to a network which uses DHCP to assign network addresses. dhcpd (the server) is useful for assigning network addresses on your private network. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &dhcp-md5sum; Download size: &dhcp-size; Estimated disk space required: &dhcp-buildsize; Estimated build time: &dhcp-time; Additional Downloads Optional Patch: DHCP Dependencies Required (you may omit net-tools by using the optional patch to utilize iproute2. User Notes: You must have Packet Socket support (Device Drivers ⇒ Networking Support ⇒ Networking Options ⇒ Packet Socket) compiled into the kernel. DHCP If you chose not to install net-tools, apply the iproute2 patch: patch -Np1 -i ../dhcp-3.0.2-iproute2-3.patch Install DHCP by running the following commands: ./configure && make Now, as the root user: make LIBDIR=/usr/lib INCDIR=/usr/include install LIBDIR=/usr/lib INCDIR=/usr/include: This command installs the library and include files in /usr instead of /usr/local. /etc/dhclient.conf and /etc/dhcpd.conf /etc/dhclient.conf /etc/dhcpd.conf Information on configuring the DHCP client can be found in . Note that you only need the DHCP server if you want to issue LAN addresses over your network. The DHCP client doesn't need this script to be used. Also note that this script is coded for the eth1 interface, which may need to be modified for your hardware configuration. Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcp init script included in the package. dhcpd make install-dhcp The lease file must exist on startup. The following command will satisfy that requirement: touch /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases The following commands will create a base configuration file for a DHCP server. There are several options that you may want to add (information that is passed back to the DHCP client) and those are covered in the man pages for dhcp.conf. cat > /etc/dhcpd.conf << "EOF" default-lease-time 72000; max-lease-time 144000; ddns-update-style ad-hoc; subnet <192.168.5.0> netmask <255.255.255.0> { range <192.168.5.10> <192.168.5.240>; option broadcast-address <192.168.5.255>; option routers <192.168.5.1>; } EOF All addresses should be changed to meet your circumstance. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories dhcpd, dhcrelay, dhclient, dhclient-script, and omshell bdhcpctl.a, libomapi.a /var/state/dhcp, /usr/include/omapip, and /usr/include/isi-dhcp Short Descriptions dhclient is the implementation of the DHCP client. dhclient dhcpd implements Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Internet Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) requests for network addresses. dhcpd dhcrelay provides a means to accept DHCP and BOOTP requests on a subnet without a DHCP server and relay them to a DHCP server on another subnet. dhcrelay omshell provides an interactive way to connect to, query, and possibly change, the ISC DHCP Server's state via OMAPI, the Object Management API. omshell