Manual DHCP configuration in Slackware 10

[cypher2k]

Hey all u Nix gods/godesses ,

(noob to this forum)

I have been working on sum practice Network admin tasks in Nix but have come to a grinding halt on this one.

I am seemingly unable to 'hack' the dhcp config file to a use configuration for only my machine soon to be 2 more. Although after countless guesses based on the man page template and ip addressing knowledge I already posses (very little) plus zillions of searches on google, I thought I might pray to the Nix gods/esses and hope for an answer .

I am pretty much half way to Nix veterancy IMHO others may say otherwise.

Thanks.

Cypher2k

[sarumont]

If I'm reading your post correctly you want to have your DHCP server give your machine (and soon others) the same IP every time? In that case:

host yourbox {

hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:4c:59:23;
fixed-address 192.168.1.222;

}

Just add your machine's hostname in and change the MAC to your box's and the IP to your liking.

[Hajara]

Hi,

I want to to the same kind of things, and I know you can easily do it by editing the /etc/dhcpd.conf as you said
But I'd like to do it without using the mac address. I know it is possible to do it by using a USB key on each client, but I don't really know how to do it so.
My problem is that I'm gonna have to change the clients' (the computers) so the mac address will be different and I don't want to have to get to the dhcpd.conf file after the installation.

Does anyone has any idea on the subject?

thanks

[sarumont]

Umm...the MAC address is different for every NIC in the world. You wouldn't have to change them. They are already unique.

[cypher2k]

Cheers for all the help peeps

You'll make a nix god out of me yet .
After much sleep deprivation I finally did it by using one of the samples in the help pdfs of a samba tar ball. All is good now but...

I go to check my mail after dialing the internet and I find that sylpheed claws (and probably anything else I could of used) was attempting to connect to the bt openworld mail server through my newly configured dhcp server.

I didnt even set it up as a gateway. Surely there's a hack to get round this. I dont have ADSL yet I need ppp0 to be used right now.
For now I am set to local loopback.

Cypher2k