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Looks like your subnet definition is incorrect...<br>
<br>
Try using:<br>
<pre wrap="">subnet <u><b>10.0.0.0</b></u> netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 10.0.0.150 10.0.0.200;
}
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The subnet number and the subnet mask need to match. The mask
describes what portion of the IP number should be used for the network
portion and the host portion. When you specify a subnet your talking
about the entire section of network that your systems will connect to.<br>
As an example, you can think of it as an area code...the subnet mask
tells dhcpd what portion of your phone number is your area code.<br>
<br>
You specified 10.0.0.12 for the network(which would require a
255.255.255.255 mask and is a network of 1 computer), then you
specified a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask).<br>
Your dhcpd server machine(10.0.0.12) should be configured with a static
IP address.<br>
Your range is fine, it can be anything within the allowable subnet
range that you want it to be.<br>
<br>
Not that anybody uses class for describing IP ranges anymore, not since
classless routing caught on, but here is a small example:<br>
192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0 (class C, 256 IP subnet, minus the
network number and broadcast number)<br>
192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 (class B, 65536 IP subnet, minus the
network number and broadcast number)<br>
<br>
If you had gone with something easier to configure(that does it for
you), then you never would have learned about subnets <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span>...<br>
<br>
I hope that help...Thanks, <br>
---Dean.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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A'fish'ionado wrote:
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cite="midaf8b40ce0601092305g563f86efld511a23bbc1e391@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Hello,
The idea behind having the connection routed through one box was to
only have to configure a firewall at one place. I'd rather not have to
go through and install firewalls on the rest of the family's Win98
boxen. :-P
I would *love* to go with Sonic.net, but the $30/month (after the
first six months) is more than my parents are going to pay, and since
I'm not paying for anything right now (no job... anybody wanna hire an
intern to code this summer?), I don't get to make that decision.
Now, to see if I have any idea what I'm doing, I grabbed a Netgear hub
from the Computer Recycling Center, and tried to network two Debian
boxen together. I didn't find a DHCP server installed by default
(natch, it's Debian, so it's not plug-n-play), so I fired up Aptitude
and grabbed the dhcp3 client and daemon.
I Googled for instructions, and got part way to a working system. :-)
ifconfig -a showed, among other things:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:8D:53:57:B3
inet addr:10.0.0.12 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:8dff:fe53:57b3/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)
Interrupt:201 Base address:0xc000
So, this went into /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf:
subnet 10.0.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.000 {
range 10.0.0.150 10.0.0.200;
}
(I get a syntax error without the three zeroes at the end of
255.255.255.000; I also need to check some more and see if the range I
specified is really sane.) /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start crashes;
/var/log/syslog says:
Jan 10 00:46:27 localhost dhcpd: /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf line 41: subnet
10.0.0.12 netmask 255.0.0.0: bad subnet number/mask combination.
Jan 10 00:46:27 localhost dhcpd: subnet 10.0.0.12 netmask 255.0.0.000
Jan 10 00:46:27 localhost dhcpd: ^
Jan 10 00:46:27 localhost dhcpd: Configuration file errors encountered
-- exiting
Okay... I found some articles that "explain netmasks", but they don't
really go beyond explaining boolean math and binary numbers. :-P I
already knew that. I want to know why this number/mask combination is
"bad"!
So, anybody want to point me in the right direction? Would DHCP 2 have
been easier to set up? Should I have just done the sane thing and
tried SuSE or Ubuntu? :-) (I have Slackware, too, but I would be
surprised if *it's* easier to configure... )
Speaking of Slackware, I finally figured out why Slackware has such a
reputation as being hard: The package management system freaking
DOESN'T SUPPORT DEPENDENCIES! Sorry, that's not for me. :-P I'd
*never* survive without dependencies...
William
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dean A. Roman
President
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