Re: [Sheflug] Am I Misunderstanding This?

[Alistair Williamson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alex,

> Which client are you using? I personally use pump; although it's
> supposed to be problematic for some people.

I have just left  DHCP client daemon running. When I plug my W2k router into 
the network, (and take the Linux server offline) all the hosts receive IP 
addresses and are able to use the router. I am also using windows boxes on 
the network - they are not getting an address either (from the Linux server).


> > I don't have any routing tables or a DNS set up - would this have an
> > effect?
>
> Not necessarily. Depending on your version of Linux, you _may_ need to
> set up the all-ones and all-zeros addresses, however, if it's vaguely
> recent this shouldn't be necessary. Can you ping 255.255.255.255?

Yes, I can ping 255.255.255.255. The version is SuSE 7.3 

> > I don't see how I can translate names to addresses when the addresses are
> > dynamic.
>
> Depends how you do it. If you associate names with IP addresses, then a
> simple $GENERATE statement in your zone file will do the trick -
> however, clients may end up with different hostnames. If that bothers
> you, you can get the dhcp server to take the hostname that the client
> supplies and update the DNS server when it hands out an IP address. You
> need dynamic DNS for this, but it's covered well in the HOWTOs ;)

Sorry, thats all above my head - looks like more reading tonight!




> # dhcpd.conf
>
> option domain-name "alexworld";
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.178.1;
>
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> default-lease-time 600;
> max-lease-time 7200;
>
> subnet 192.168.178.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>   range 192.168.178.10 192.168.178.200;
>   option routers 192.168.178.1;
>   host lapland {
> 	hardware ethernet 00:D0:B7:AD:16:3C;
> 	fixed-address 192.168.178.10;
>   }
> }
>
> (Pretty short, huh? ;)
>
Your .conf file doesn't look much different to mine?

I'll try reading the books again. I have bought  'The SuSE Linux Network' by 
Butzen and Hilton - it's very good, a bit dry in places but thorough. 
However, it is based on SuSE 7.0 and it seems the location of many of the 
configuration files has been changed for SuSE 7.3! Which makes configuring a 
bit of a lottery.

Cheers,

Alistair
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