dhcp server

[brunomoss]

my dhcpd server only start if I ifdown eth1 , that interface have a real ip in the internet, the eth0 is the local area network ip.

my dhcpd.conf:

############################
## xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ##
############################
authoritative;
deny unknown-clients;
default-lease-time 86400000;
max-lease-time 87000000;
#log-facility local7;

##################################################
## xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx##
##################################################
subnet x.x.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
option routers x.x.0.252;
option subnet-mask 255.255.0.0;
option domain-name "xxxxxxxxxxx.com";
option domain-name-servers x.x.0.196;
}
subnet x.x.x.3 netmask 255.255.255.192 {
} #####here is the real ip adress for eth1###

####################################
## xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ##
####################################

xxxxxx{
hardware ethernet 00xxx:0Ex;
fixed-address x.x.x.1;
}

error message when I try to start dhcpd withoout ifdown eth1

dhcpd failed to start - check syslog for diagnostics.

thansk for the help

[atreyu]

and what does syslog say? (check /var/log/messages, probably)

[brunomoss]

the only thing is logging is dhcp requets and firewall stuff, no error messages, even in syslog or messages. :-/

[brunomoss]

I updated from dhcp2 to dhcp3 and now is working like a charm