DHCP
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Type: System V-Service
Package: DHCP
Srcipt: \etc\init.d\dhcp
Port: 67,68
Configuration: \etc\dhcpd.conf
Configuring the DHCP
1) Rpm -q DHCP
2) cp /usr/share/doc/dhcp-3.0.1/dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcpd.conf
(This is the sample DHCP file)
3) vi /etc/dhcp.conf
in the line
Option domain-name "sandip.com";
Option domain-name-server 192.168.0.10;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.12 192.168.0.24;
4) save the file
5) Service dhcpd restart
For giving a static ip to a particular machine
host station2.example.com
{
hardware ethernet 52:54:ab:if:eb:62; (this is the MAC address of the ethernet card)
fixed-address 192.168.0.2;
}
}