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From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey@pcdesk.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: dhcp3-server question
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:37:48 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061203203748.GA55195@kanadio> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000b01c71714$461a6c30$0301a8c0@neds8086winbox>

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Can you please post your dhcp config file? I know next to nothing about
dhcp, but it's worth a shot.
- - Tyler

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:50:24PM -0700, Ned Granic wrote:
> 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
> 
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Ned Granic
 ` Tyler Spivey [this message]
 ` Gregory Nowak
   ` Gregory Nowak
 ` Kenny Hitt

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