From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net ([68.230.241.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GqxMW-0007nT-00 for ; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:50:56 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061203195025.BQVX20330.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:50:25 -0500 Received: from neds8086winbox ([72.200.105.244]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id uKqP1V00Z5GQ87c0000000; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:50:23 -0500 Message-ID: <000b01c71714$461a6c30$0301a8c0@neds8086winbox> From: "Ned Granic" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: dhcp3-server question Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:50:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:50:56 -0000 Hi all, I've been coping with this freeking thing forever, and obviously I don't = get it. I simply want to configure the dhcp3-server so when I connect my other = computer to my Linux box with a cross-over cable, the Debian box should = issue an ip address through the dhcp to that computer. But when I edit the dhcp3.config file, and restart the dhcp3-server, it = fails to start. The error listed in the /var/log/syslog file is: line 32: subnet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 - bad subnet/netmask = combination. the 192.168.1.1 is my router. There is only one on-board network card on the box. Do I need another network card as well for the local network, and how in = that case should I configure the dhcp? Which one, eth0, or eth1, should be the local, and which one the outer = interface? I tried to read the manual on the dhcp3-server, but damn, there is = nothing I can understand there. Many thanks in advance! Ned