Simple DHCPD Config

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For those of you experimenting with linux, you may know that alot of its use lies in its networking components

here is a quick simple config to get your box working as a DHCP server on your network, important options have comments

Code:

# DHCP Config for pheo.lan

### Global Options ###
allow booting;
allow bootp;
authoritative;
ddns-update-style none;

option domain-name "pheo.lan"; # Specifies the domain suffix applied to clients
option domain-name-servers 212.158.192.3, 212.158.192.2 ; # DNS Server assignment
option routers 172.17.27.1 ; # Default gateway assignment

### Lease Options ###
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

### Subnet Options ###
subnet 172.17.27.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range 172.17.27.50 172.17.27.254; # Defines subnet with given range, options can also be assigned here
}

host enterprise { # Used for reserved hosts so they always get the same address
        hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00; # Use your own mac address nosey!
        fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; # User your own IP address nosey!
        option host-name "enterprise";
}