[SATLUG] dhcpd help

[Aaron Hackney]

twistedpickles wrote:
> I run an FC distro and in '/etc/sysconfig/dhcpd' I have specified
> dhcpd to listen on eth1.
>
> Removing the eth1 argument and specifing the correct subnets will
> allow dhcpd to listen and serve IP's respectively on each subnet?
>
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On other Redhat-ish systems I have configured in the past, yes. You can 
verify this with a netstat -an | grep :67 to verify (DHCP will listen on 
Port 67 by default, if I remember correctly, for DHCP discover messages 
from clients requesting an address...)

-Aaron

> Th4nks!
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> On 10/1/07, Aaron Hackney <aaron at aaronhackney.com> wrote:
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>> Wayne Walker wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:11:24PM -0500, Daniel J. Givens wrote:
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>>>> The ISC DHCPD can listen on as many interfaces as you like and serve
>>>> addresses for as many subnets as you have configured along with the use
>>>> of DHCP Relay Agents.
>>>>
>>>> I know in Debian-based systems, you can specify which interfaces dhcpd
>>>> listens on by editing /etc/default/dhcp3-server. Although I can't say
>>>> for certain, I'm willing to bet on a RH-based system, you would find
>>>> similar settings under /etc/sysconfig/dhcpsomething. Once you do that,
>>>> configure up the scope for the external side and you'll be good to go.
>>>>
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>>> it's /etc/dhcpd.conf on redhat systems.
>>>
>>>
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>> And I believe that as long as you have a scope configured for each
>> subnet, it will default to being "on" for every interface in the system
>> and will hand out IPs from the proper scope based on which
>> interface/subnet the DHCP Discover message came from.
>>
>> -A
>>
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