From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gqy6N-00006A-00 for ; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:38:20 -0500 Received: from localhost ([::ffff:70.68.38.175]) (AUTH: LOGIN tspivey@pcdesk.net) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:37:43 -0700 id 010003C1.45733598.000066AB Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:37:48 -0800 From: Tyler Spivey To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: dhcp3-server question Message-ID: <20061203203748.GA55195@kanadio> References: <000b01c71714$461a6c30$0301a8c0@neds8086winbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000b01c71714$461a6c30$0301a8c0@neds8086winbox> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 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 20:38:20 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFczWcTsjaYASMWKQRAqfdAKCveGvovYAMkuTMY1KANjdF2SA1zwCgi2Jj PsJQEllWEumVdGpcg/fsb5o= =iRXl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----