dhcp problemo

[shakil]

i'd like to configure a dhcp server on my RHEL 5.3 or Fedora 14, since i don' have a legitimate DNS server....n it asks for option domain-name " "what do i put in there.. me got two nics for my WAN(dhcp enabled) n LAN...i just want to parctice at home for my future job...nothin else

[sarmed]

I'm not sure about the purpose of the DHCP server in your scenario. Your WAN IP should have been real IP and LAN should have been in DHCP (majority case). If your NIC (DHCP mode) is physically connected with the DHCP server, you should be able to obtain automatic IP.

About DNS IP, you could use the IP 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2 as DNS IP. These are universal free DNS that anyone can use.

[whych]

Unless you own a domain name that you wish to administer locally, you can use whatever you like for domain name, as long as it's local to your network.
With 2 nics, you would usually have nic1 connected to the internet and the other connected to your local net on one of the private address ranges (192.168.x.x is one).
You will need to add some routing info to get the private net traffic on nic2 to cconnect to the outside through nic1.
Your dhcp clients would use nic2 ip addres as gateway.

[shakil]

well the paths were a bit different on fedora 14 n rhel5.3 for DNS n DHCP....had to do a bit of studying.
got that oll figured out now n its workin fine....
Thank u for the post whych n sarmed,
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