vivek chal wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I am using slc5.3 x86 . I have configured my dhcp server properly but i 
> cannot start the dhcpd service.
> Can anybody help me in resolving this problem.
> 
> Steps used by me in configuring dhcp server
> 1. In  /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd i edit the first line as follows:
> 
>     DHCPDARGS=eth1
> 
> 
> 2. contents of /etc/dhcpd.conf
> 
>    ddns-update-style interim;
>    ignore client-updates;
> 
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> 
> # --- default gateway
>         option routers                  192.168.1.1;
>         option subnet-mask              255.255.255.0;
> 
>         option nis-domain               "juhep.res.in 
> <http://juhep.res.in>.";
>         option domain-name              "juhep.res.in 
> <http://juhep.res.in>";
>         option domain-name-servers      192.168.1.1;
> 
>         option time-offset              -18000; # Eastern Standard Time
> #       option ntp-servers              192.168.1.1;
> #       option netbios-name-servers     192.168.1.1;
> # --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change this 
> unless
> # -- you understand Netbios very well
> #       option netbios-node-type 2;
> 
>         range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128 192.168.0.254;
>         default-lease-time 21600;
>         max-lease-time 43200;
> 
>         # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
>  #       host ns {
>  #             next-server marvin.redhat.com <http://marvin.redhat.com>;
>  #           hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD;
>  #         fixed-address 207.175.42.254;
>  #  }
> }
> 
> 3. chkconfig dhcpd on
> 4. service dhcpd start
> 
> 
> 
> Vivek Chalotra
> GRID Project Associate,
> High Energy Physics Group,
> Department of Physics & Electronics,
> University of Jammu,
> Jammu 180006,
> INDIA.

Hi,
What errors are you getting when your machine tries to connect to your 
dhcp server?
And what errors is your server saying when a machine tries to connect to it?

Troy
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