Configuring DHCP services (revision 1)

Introduction

This page describes how Alexis Huxley installed and configured his DHCP server.

Procedure

  1. Install the packages required for the DNS server by running: 
    apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
  2. Edit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf to contain something like: 
    ddns-update-style none;
authoritative;
update-static-leases on;
log-facility local7;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    option domain-name "pasta.net";
    option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.3;
    option ntp-servers time.pasta.net;
    option routers 192.168.1.1;

    pool {
        range 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.120;
        deny unknown-clients;
        host linguine-wlan0     { hardware ethernet 00:16:e3:e0:ad:6d; fixed-address linguine.pasta.net; }
        host linguine-eth0      { hardware ethernet 00:1b:24:07:0c:f2; fixed-address linguine.pasta.net; }
        host halusky-eth0       { hardware ethernet dc:0e:a1:56:db:2e; fixed-address halusky.pasta.net;  }
        host halusky-wlan0      { hardware ethernet 7c:e9:d3:25:d5:9b; fixed-address halusky.pasta.net;  }
    }

    pool {
        range 192.168.1.121 192.168.1.140;
        allow unknown-clients;
    }
}
  3. Reload the updated configuration file by running: 
    systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server
  4. Test!

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