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Linux DHCP Server Notes

The document discusses configuring a DHCP server on a system. It includes installing the DHCP package, editing the dhcpd.conf configuration file to define IP pools and options, setting an interface IP as the DHCP server, specifying the interface in dhcpd configuration, creating the lease file, and starting the DHCP service.

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Linux DHCP Server Notes

The document discusses configuring a DHCP server on a system. It includes installing the DHCP package, editing the dhcpd.conf configuration file to define IP pools and options, setting an interface IP as the DHCP server, specifying the interface in dhcpd configuration, creating the lease file, and starting the DHCP service.

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//Install dhcp server

[root@localhost ~]#yum install dhcp

//We shoule copy /usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.0/dhcpd.conf.sample to


/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
//and modifiy /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf as the following
[root@localhost ~]#cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
# dhcpd.conf
#
# Sample configuration file for ISC dhcpd
#

# option definitions common to all supported networks...


option domain-name "example.org";
option domain-name-servers ns1.example.org, ns2.example.org;

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

# Use this to enble / disable dynamic dns updates globally.


#ddns-update-style none;

# If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local
# network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented.
#authoritative;

# Use this to send dhcp log messages to a different log file (you also
# have to hack syslog.conf to complete the redirection).
log-facility local7;

# No service will be given on this subnet, but declaring it helps the


# DHCP server to understand the network topology.

subnet 10.152.187.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {


}

# This is a very basic subnet declaration.

subnet 10.254.239.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {


range 10.254.239.10 10.254.239.20;
option routers rtr-239-0-1.example.org, rtr-239-0-2.example.org;
}

# This declaration allows BOOTP clients to get dynamic addresses,


# which we don't really recommend.

subnet 10.254.239.32 netmask 255.255.255.224 {


range dynamic-bootp 10.254.239.40 10.254.239.60;
option broadcast-address 10.254.239.31;
option routers rtr-239-32-1.example.org;
}

# A slightly different configuration for an internal subnet.


subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.30 192.168.1.150;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.254;
option domain-name "internal.org";
option routers 192.168.1.254;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
default-lease-time 6000;
max-lease-time 7200;
}

subnet 172.21.69.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# Hosts which require special configuration options can be listed in


# host statements. If no address is specified, the address will be
# allocated dynamically (if possible), but the host-specific information
# will still come from the host declaration.

host passacaglia {
hardware ethernet 0:0:c0:5d:bd:95;
filename "vmunix.passacaglia";
server-name "toccata.fugue.com";
}

# Fixed IP addresses can also be specified for hosts. These addresses


# should not also be listed as being available for dynamic assignment.
# Hosts for which fixed IP addresses have been specified can boot using
# BOOTP or DHCP. Hosts for which no fixed address is specified can only
# be booted with DHCP, unless there is an address range on the subnet
# to which a BOOTP client is connected which has the dynamic-bootp flag
# set.
host fantasia {
hardware ethernet 08:00:07:26:c0:a5;
fixed-address fantasia.fugue.com;
}

# You can declare a class of clients and then do address allocation


# based on that. The example below shows a case where all clients
# in a certain class get addresses on the 10.17.224/24 subnet, and all
# other clients get addresses on the 10.0.29/24 subnet.

class "foo" {
match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 4) = "SUNW";
}

shared-network 224-29 {
subnet 10.17.224.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers rtr-224.example.org;
}
subnet 10.0.29.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers rtr-29.example.org;
}
pool {
allow members of "foo";
range 10.17.224.10 10.17.224.250;
}
pool {
deny members of "foo";
range 10.0.29.10 10.0.29.230;
}
}
[root@localhost ~]#
//Depends on the above setting, wlan interface IP would be 192.168.1.254
[root@localhost ~]#ifconfig wlan14 192.168.1.254

//Set only one interface as dhcp server


[root@localhost ~]#cat /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
# Command line options here
DHCPDARGS=wlan0

//If /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases doesn't exist,


//we should establish it
//This file is used to record clients information.
[root@localhost ~]#touch /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases

//Execute
[root@localhost ~]#/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd start

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