On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 00:31, Stephen K�hn wrote: > Ok - now I know I must be doing something wrong here folks; but let's > start out from the beginning. > > I constantly have customer computers in here, and generally, when I slap > them on the network, I give them a static IP address along with gateway > and the whole nine yards. > > Today I decided I was exceptionally lazy and wanted to setup the DHCP > server via the Mandrake Control Centre. Ok - no worries - accepted all > the defaults and the likes. But it ain't seeming to work. Wassup? > > I have a customer machine here - rebooted even - tried to renew the IP, > but getting nothing - NADA - WTF am I doing wrong - or do I need to > spend more than five minutes on this? > > Mind you, I'm not having a whinge because of it, but I thought it should > work right away and first off...(and I don't want to reboot) > > stephen kuhn - proprietor
If your /etc/dhcpd.conf file has valid addresses in it and service dhcpd status shows dhcpd as running, that's about it. Unless you have a firewall in between you and the dhcp server or something. cheers Brian
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