| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>DHCP</acronym></application></title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 5 | <para><filename>/etc/dhclient.conf</filename></para>
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| 6 | </sect3>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <para>Information on configuring the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> client can be
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| 11 | found in Chapter 14.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>Note that you only need the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server if
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| 14 | you want to issue <acronym>LAN</acronym> addresses over your network. The
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| 15 | <acronym>DHCP</acronym> client doesn't need this script to be used. Also note
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| 16 | that this script is coded for the <emphasis role="strong">eth1</emphasis>
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| 17 | interface, which may need to be modified for your hardware configuration.</para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>Install <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcp</filename>
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| 20 | init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-dhcp</command></userinput></screen>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>The lease file must exist on startup. The following command will
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| 25 | satisfy that requirement:</para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <screen><userinput><command>touch /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases</command></userinput></screen>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>The follow commands will create a base configuration file for a
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| 30 | <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server. There are several options that you may want to
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| 31 | add (information that is passed back to the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> client) and
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| 32 | those are covered in the man pages for <filename>dhcp.conf</filename>.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/dhcpd.conf << "EOF"</command>
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| 35 | default-lease-time 72000;
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| 36 | max-lease-time 144000;
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| 37 | ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
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| 38 |
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| 39 | subnet 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
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| 40 | range 192.168.5.10 192.168.5.240;
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| 41 | option broadcast-address 195.168.5.255;
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| 42 | option routers 192.168.5.1;
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| 43 | }
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| 44 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>All addresses should be changed to meet your circumstance.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | </sect3>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | </sect2>
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| 51 |
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